Texas Family Code
§ 107.114 — INTRODUCTION AND PROVISION OF CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION REPORT
FA § 107.114Title 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)Disclosure to the court or the jury of the contents of a child custody evaluation report prepared under Section 107.113 is subject to the rules of evidence. (a-1) Unless the child custody evaluator is appointed under Section 107.106, the court may not admit into evidence a child custody evaluation report prepared under Section 107.113 if:
(1)the child who is the subject of the report has an intellectual disability or developmental disability; and
(2)on the date the evaluation that is the subject of the report was made, the child custody evaluator had not satisfied the training requirement under Section 107.104(f).
(b)Unless the court has rendered an order restricting disclosure, a private child custody evaluator shall provide to the attorneys of the parties to a suit, any party who does not have an attorney, and any other person appointed by the court under this chapter in a suit a copy of the child custody evaluation report before the earlier of:
(1)the third day after the date the child custody evaluation report is completed; or
(2)the 30th day before the date of commencement of the trial.
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 401 (H.B. 2340), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.