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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle E - PROTECTION OF THE CHILDChapter 262 - PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD
Subchapter D - EMERGENCY POSSESSION OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN
Section 262.304 - Filing Petition After Accepting Possession of Abandoned Child

Tex. Fam. Code § 262.304

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 262.304 - Filing Petition After Accepting Possession of Abandoned Child

A child for whom the Department of Family and Protective Services assumes care, control, and custody under Section 262.303 shall be treated as a child taken into possession without a court order, and the department shall take action as required by Section 262.105 with regard to the child.

Tex. Fam. Code § 262.304

Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 1.167, eff. 4/2/2015.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 809, Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2001.