Sec. 264.0111. MONEY EARNED BY CHILD. (a) A child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator and who has been placed by the department in a residential child-care facility as defined by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, is entitled to keep any money earned by the child during the time of the child's placement.
(b) The child may deposit the money earned by the child in a bank or savings account subject to the sole management and control of the child as provided by Section 34.305, Finance Code. The child is the sole and absolute owner of the deposit account.
(c) If a child earns money as described by this section and is returned to the child's parent or guardian, the child's parent or guardian may not interfere with the child's authority to control, transfer, draft on, or make a withdrawal from the account.
(d) In this section, a reference to money earned by a child includes any interest that accrues on the money.
(e) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 964, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.186, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle E - Protection of the Child
Chapter 264 - Child Welfare Services
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 264.0011. Reference to Executive Commissioner or Commission
Section 264.002. Specific Appropriation Required
Section 264.004. Allocation of State Funds
Section 264.005. County Child Welfare Boards
Section 264.008. Child Welfare Service Fund
Section 264.009. Legal Representation of Department
Section 264.0091. Use of Teleconferencing and Videoconferencing Technology
Section 264.010. Child Abuse Plan; Limitation on Expenditure of Funds
Section 264.011. Local Accounts
Section 264.0111. Money Earned by Child
Section 264.0121. Notice to Legislators of Foster Child's Death
Section 264.013. Exchange of Information With Other States
Section 264.0145. Release of Case Record
Section 264.017. Required Reporting
Section 264.018. Required Notifications
Section 264.019. Collection and Reporting of Alcohol and Controlled Substance Statistics