Tex. Fam. Code § 262.014 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN EVIDENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On the request of the attorney for a parent who is a party in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed under this chapter, or the attorney ad litem for the parent's child, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall, before the full adversary hearing, provide:
(1) the name of any person, excluding a department employee, whom the department will call as a witness to any of the allegations contained in the petition filed by the department;
(2) a copy of any offense report relating to the allegations contained in the petition filed by the department that will be used in court to refresh a witness's memory; and
(3) a copy of any photograph, video, or recording that will be presented as evidence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.262.htm
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