Tex. Fam. Code § 81.0015 · Chapter 81. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRESUMPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For purposes of this subtitle, there is a presumption that family violence has occurred if:
(1) the respondent has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for any of the following offenses against the child for whom the petition is filed:
(A) an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, for which the court has made an affirmative finding that the offense involved family violence under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(B) an offense under Title 6, Penal Code; and
(2) the respondent's parental rights with respect to the child have been terminated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 1782), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1432), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.81.htm
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