Tex. Fam. Code § 262.403 · Subchapter F. FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM
COURT ORDER REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the department must obtain a court order from a court of competent jurisdiction to compel the family of a child who is a candidate for foster care to obtain family preservation services and complete the family preservation services plan.
(b) The department is not required to obtain a court order to provide family preservation services to a pregnant or parenting foster youth.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 269 (H.B. 3041), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.262.htm
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