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Tex. Family Code § 107.114

This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 107.114, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.

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§ 107.114. INTRODUCTION AND PROVISION OF CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION REPORT.

Official statutory text

(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.

(a-1) Unless the child custody evaluator is appointed under Section 107.106, the court may not admit into evidence a child custody evaluation report prepared under Section 107.113 if:

(1) the child who is the subject of the report has an intellectual disability or developmental disability; and

(2) on the date the evaluation that is the subject of the report was made, the child custody evaluator had not satisfied the training requirement under Section 107.104(f).

(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.

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