Title 4 › Chapter 81

Texas Family Code § 81.0015

Presumption

General Provisions

For purposes of this subtitle, there is a presumption that family violence has occurred if:

(1) the respondent has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for any of the following offenses against the child for whom the petition is filed:

(A) an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, for which the court has made an affirmative finding that the offense involved family violence under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(B) an offense under Title 6, Penal Code; and

(2) the respondent's parental rights with respect to the child have been terminated.

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. 1241 (H.B. 1782), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1432), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.

Other Texas codes referenced

Code Crim. Proc. § 42.013