Tex. Fam. Code § 153.013 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
FALSE REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a party to a pending suit affecting the parent-child relationship makes a report alleging child abuse by another party to the suit that the reporting party knows lacks a factual foundation, the court shall deem the report to be a knowingly false report.
(b) Evidence of a false report of child abuse is admissible in a suit between the involved parties regarding the terms of conservatorship of a child.
(c) If the court makes a finding under Subsection (a), the court shall impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 786, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm
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