Tex. Fam. Code § 263.107 · Subchapter B. SERVICE PLAN AND VISITATION PLAN
VISITATION PLAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a child in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department for whom the department's goal is reunification of the child with the child's parent.
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the department is named temporary managing conservator of a child, the department in collaboration with each parent of the child shall develop a visitation plan.
(c) In determining the frequency and circumstances of visitation under this section, the department must consider:
(1) the safety and best interest of the child;
(2) the age of the child;
(3) the desires of each parent regarding visitation with the child;
(4) the location of each parent and the child; and
(5) the resources available to the department, including the resources to:
(A) ensure that visitation is properly supervised by a department employee or an available and willing volunteer the department determines suitable after conducting a background and criminal history check; and
(B) provide transportation to and from visits.
(d) Not later than the 10th day before the date of a status hearing under Section 263.201, the department shall file with the court a copy of the visitation plan developed under this section.
(e) The department may amend the visitation plan on mutual agreement of the child's parents and the department or as the department considers necessary to ensure the safety of the child. An amendment to the visitation plan must be in the child's best interest. The department shall file a copy of any amended visitation plan with the court.
(f) A visitation plan developed under this section may not conflict with a court order relating to possession of or access to the child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 191 (S.B. 352), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.263.htm
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