Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 107.114 - Introduction and Provision of Child Custody Evaluation Report(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.(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.(c) A child custody evaluator who conducts a child custody evaluation as an employee of or under contract with a domestic relations office shall provide to the attorneys of the parties to a suit and any person appointed in the suit under this chapter a copy of the child custody evaluation report before the earlier of:(1) the seventh day after the date the child custody evaluation report is completed; or(2) the fifth day before the date the trial commences.(d) A child custody evaluator who conducts a child custody evaluation as an employee of or under contract with a domestic relations office shall provide a copy of the report to a party to the suit as provided by the local rules and policies of the office or by a court order.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 257,Sec. 8, eff. 9/1/2017.Renumbered from Tex. Fam. Code § 107.055 and amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1252,Sec. 1.16, eff. 9/1/2015, op. to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is filed on or after March 1, 2016.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/1995.