Texas Family Code

§ 262.008 — ABANDONED CHILDREN

FA § 262.008Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · Ch. 262. PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)An authorized representative of the Department of Family and Protective Services may assume the care, control, and custody of a child:

(1)who is abandoned without identification or a means for identifying the child; and

(2)whose identity cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence.

(b)The department shall immediately file a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship of a child under Subsection (a).

(c)Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 1.203(5), eff. April 2, 2015. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.153, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.203(5), eff. April 2, 2015.