Tex. Fam. Code § 263.409 · Subchapter E. FINAL ORDER FOR CHILD UNDER DEPARTMENT CARE
FINAL NOTIFICATION OF BENEFITS RELATED TO KINSHIP VERIFICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before a court enters a final order naming a relative or another adult with a longstanding and significant relationship with a foster child as the permanent managing conservator for the child, the court shall verify that:
(1) the individual was offered the opportunity to become verified by a licensed child-placing agency to qualify for permanency care assistance benefits under Subchapter K, Chapter 264, and the individual declined the verification process and the permanency care assistance benefits; and
(2) the child-placing agency conducting the verification for the individual's permanency care assistance benefits has been notified of the individual's decision to decline the permanency care assistance benefits.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021.
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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.263.htm
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