Tex. Family Code § 101.0133
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 101.0133, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 101.0133. FOSTER CARE.
Official statutory text
"Foster care" means the placement of a child who is in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and in care outside the child's home in a residential child-care facility, including an agency foster home, specialized child-care home, cottage home operation, general residential operation, or another facility licensed or certified under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, in which care is provided for 24 hours a day.
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