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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle E - PROTECTION OF THE CHILDChapter 262 - PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 262.011 - Placement in Secure Agency Foster Home

Tex. Fam. Code § 262.011

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 262.011 - Placement in Secure Agency Foster Home

A court in an emergency, initial, or full adversary hearing conducted under this chapter may order that the child who is the subject of the hearing be placed in a secure agency foster home verified in accordance with Section 42.0531, Human Resources Code, if the court finds that:

(1) the placement is in the best interest of the child; and
(2) the child's physical health or safety is in danger because the child has been recruited, harbored, transported, provided, or obtained for forced labor or commercial sexual activity, including any child subjected to an act specified in Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code.

Tex. Fam. Code § 262.011

Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 317,Sec. 16, eff. 9/1/2017.
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 338,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2015.