Tex. Gov't Code § 546.0256 · Subchapter F. FAMILY-BASED ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN
PLACEMENT OPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In placing a child in a family-based alternative, the family-based alternatives system may use a variety of placement options, including a shared parenting arrangement between the alternative family and the child's birth family. Regardless of the option used, a family-based alternative placement must be designed as a long-term arrangement, except in cases in which the child's birth family chooses to return the child to their home.
(b) Adoption of the child by the child's alternative family is an available option in cases in which the child's birth family's parental rights have been terminated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.546.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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