Tex. Fam. Code § 107.262 · Subchapter G. OFFICE OF CHILD REPRESENTATION AND OFFICE OF PARENT REPRESENTATION
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county or the commissioners courts of two or more counties may establish an oversight board for an office of child representation or office of parent representation created in accordance with this subchapter.
(b) A commissioners court that establishes an oversight board under this section shall appoint members of the board. Members may include one or more of the following:
(1) an attorney with substantial experience in child welfare law;
(2) the judge of a trial court having family law jurisdiction in the county or counties for which the office was created;
(3) a county commissioner; and
(4) a county judge.
(c) A commissioners court may delegate to the oversight board any power or duty of the commissioners court to provide oversight of an office of child representation or office of parent representation under this subchapter, including:
(1) recommending selection and removal of a chief counsel of the office;
(2) setting policy for the office; and
(3) developing a budget proposal for the office.
(d) An oversight board established under this section may not access privileged or confidential information.
(e) A judge who serves on an oversight board under this section has judicial immunity in a suit arising from the performance of a power or duty described by Subsection (c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 571 (H.B. 3003), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Redesignated from Family Code, Section 107.072 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(6), eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.107.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 108f7f27f558f59541a67b5c677290f210747f527306404a3feed19807fda369
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 107.262. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.