Sec. 262.008. ABANDONED CHILDREN. (a) An authorized representative of the Department of Family and Protective Services may assume the care, control, and custody of a child:
(1) who is abandoned without identification or a means for identifying the child; and
(2) whose identity cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence.
(b) The department shall immediately file a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship of a child under Subsection (a).
(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 1.203(5), eff. April 2, 2015.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.153, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.203(5), eff. April 2, 2015.
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