Tex. Fam. Code § 262.303 · Subchapter D. EMERGENCY POSSESSION OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN
NOTIFICATION OF POSSESSION OF ABANDONED CHILD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than the close of the first business day after the date on which a designated emergency infant care provider takes possession of a child under Section 262.302, the provider shall notify the Department of Family and Protective Services that the provider has taken possession of the child.
(b) The department shall assume the care, control, and custody of the child immediately on receipt of notice under Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 809, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.166, eff. April 2, 2015.
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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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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 262.304FILING PETITION AFTER ACCEPTING POSSESSION OF ABANDONED CHILD.Printed as Section 262.303
- Tex. Fam. Code § 262.305REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; INVESTIGATION.Printed as Section 262.303
- Tex. Fam. Code § 263.407FINAL ORDER APPOINTING DEPARTMENT AS MANAGING CONSERVATOR OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN; TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.Printed as Section 262.303
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