Sec. 262.001. AUTHORIZED ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. (a) A governmental entity with an interest in the child may file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship requesting an order or take possession of a child without a court order as provided by this chapter.
(b) In determining the reasonable efforts that are required to be made with respect to preventing or eliminating the need to remove a child from the child's home or to make it possible to return a child to the child's home, the child's health and safety is the paramount concern.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1150, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle E - Protection of the Child
Chapter 262 - Procedures in Suit by Governmental Entity to Protect Health and Safety of Child
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 262.001. Authorized Actions by Governmental Entity
Section 262.0022. Review of Placement; Findings
Section 262.003. Civil Liability
Section 262.004. Accepting Voluntary Delivery of Possession of Child
Section 262.005. Filing Petition After Accepting Voluntary Delivery of Possession of Child
Section 262.006. Living Child After Abortion
Section 262.007. Possession and Delivery of Missing Child
Section 262.008. Abandoned Children
Section 262.009. Temporary Care of Child Taken Into Possession
Section 262.010. Child With Sexually Transmitted Disease
Section 262.011. Placement in Secure Agency Foster Home
Section 262.012. Sealing of Court Records Filed Electronically
Section 262.013. Voluntary Temporary Managing Conservatorship
Section 262.014. Disclosure of Certain Evidence
Section 262.015. Filing Requirement for Petition Regarding More Than One Child