Section 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department shall immediately file a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship of a child under Subsection (a).(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 1.203(5), eff.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.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 1.203, eff. 4/2/2015.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 1.153, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 4, eff. 1/1/1998.