Filing Petition After Accepting Possession of Abandoned Child
Procedures in Suit by Governmental Entity to Protect Health and Safety of Child · Emergency Possession of Certain Abandoned Children
A child for whom the Department of Family and Protective Services assumes care, control, and custody under Section 262.303 shall be treated as a child taken into possession without a court order, and the department shall take action as required by Section 262.105 with regard to the child.
Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
