Tex. Fam. Code § 262.015 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
FILING REQUIREMENT FOR PETITION REGARDING MORE THAN ONE CHILD.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each suit under this chapter based on allegations of abuse or neglect arising from the same incident or occurrence and involving children that live in the same home must be filed in the same court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 910 (S.B. 999), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
Redesignated from Family Code, Section 262.013 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(15), eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- 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
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