Tex. Family Code § 262.011
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 262.011, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 262.011. PLACEMENT IN SECURE AGENCY FOSTER HOME.
Official statutory text
A court in an emergency, initial, or full adversary hearing conducted under this chapter may order that the child who is the subject of the hearing be placed in a secure agency foster home verified in accordance with Section 42.0531, Human Resources Code, if the court finds that:
(1) the placement is in the best interest of the child; and
(2) the child's physical health or safety is in danger because the child has been recruited, harbored, transported, provided, or obtained for forced labor or commercial sexual activity, including any child subjected to an act specified in Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code.
(1) the placement is in the best interest of the child; and
(2) the child's physical health or safety is in danger because the child has been recruited, harbored, transported, provided, or obtained for forced labor or commercial sexual activity, including any child subjected to an act specified in Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code.
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