Texas Family Code
§ 51.11 — GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FA § 51.11Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Dual-system child" means a child who, at any time before the child's 18th birthday, was referred to the juvenile justice system and was involved in the child welfare system by being:
(A)placed in the temporary or permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(B)the subject of a family-based safety services case with the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(C)an alleged victim of abuse or neglect in an active case being investigated by the Department of Family and Protective Services child protective investigations division; or
(D)a victim in a case in which the Department of Family and Protective Services investigation concluded that there was a reason to believe that abuse or neglect occurred.
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 971 (S.B. 2049), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.