Texas Family Code

§ 262.115 — VISITATION WITH CERTAIN CHILDREN; TEMPORARY VISITATION SCHEDULE

FA § 262.115Title 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. B. TAKING POSSESSION OF CHILD

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(a)In this section, "department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(b)This section applies only to a child:

(1)who is in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department; and

(2)for whom the department's goal is reunification of the child with the child's parent.

(c)The department shall ensure that a parent who is otherwise entitled to possession of the child has an opportunity to visit the child not later than the fifth day after the date the department is named temporary managing conservator of the child unless:

(1)the department determines that visitation is not in the child's best interest; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2015.