Title 5 › Chapter 262 › Subchapter A

Texas Family Code § 262.011

Placement in Secure Agency Foster Home

Procedures in Suit by Governmental Entity to Protect Health and Safety of Child · General Provisions

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.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (H.B. 418), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2017.

Other Texas codes referenced

Human Res. Code § 42.0531Penal Code § 20A.02Penal Code § 20A.03