Tex. Family Code § 262.006
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 262.006, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 262.006. LIVING CHILD AFTER ABORTION.
Official statutory text
(a) An authorized representative of the Department of Family and Protective Services may assume the care, control, and custody of a child born alive as the result of an abortion as defined by Chapter 161.
(b) The department shall file a suit and request an emergency order under this chapter.
(c) A child for whom possession is assumed under this section need not be delivered to the court except on the order of the court.
(b) The department shall file a suit and request an emergency order under this chapter.
(c) A child for whom possession is assumed under this section need not be delivered to the court except on the order of the court.
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