Texas Family Code
§ 107.109 — ELEMENTS OF CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION
FA § 107.109Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 107. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS, AND ADOPTION EVALUATIONS · Art. D. CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION
Statute text
View on source(a)A child custody evaluator may not offer an opinion regarding conservatorship of a child who is the subject of a suit or possession of or access to the child unless each basic element of a child custody evaluation as specified in this section and each additional element ordered by the court, if any, has been completed, unless the failure to complete an element is satisfactorily explained as provided by Subsection (b).
(b)A child custody evaluator shall:
(1)identify in the report required by Section 107.113 any basic element or any additional element of a child custody evaluation described by this section that was not completed;
(2)explain the reasons the element was not completed; and
(3)include an explanation of the likely effect of the missing element on the confidence the child custody evaluator has in the evaluator's expert opinion.
(c)The basic elements of a child custody evaluation under this subchapter consist of:
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.