Tex. Family Code § 262.115
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§ 262.115. VISITATION WITH CERTAIN CHILDREN; TEMPORARY VISITATION SCHEDULE.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(b) This section applies only to a child:
(1) who is in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department; and
(2) for whom the department's goal is reunification of the child with the child's parent.
(c) The department shall ensure that a parent who is otherwise entitled to possession of the child has an opportunity to visit the child not later than the fifth day after the date the department is named temporary managing conservator of the child unless:
(1) the department determines that visitation is not in the child's best interest; or
(2) visitation with the parent would conflict with a court order relating to possession of or access to the child.
(d) Before a hearing conducted under Subchapter C, the department in collaboration with each parent of the child must develop a temporary visitation schedule for the child's visits with each parent. The visitation schedule may conform to the department's minimum visitation policies. The department shall consider the factors listed in Section 263.107(c) in developing the temporary visitation schedule. Unless modified by court order, the schedule remains in effect until a visitation plan is developed under Section 263.107.
(e) The department may include the temporary visitation schedule in any report the department submits to the court before or during a hearing under Subchapter C. The court may render any necessary order regarding the temporary visitation schedule.
(b) This section applies only to a child:
(1) who is in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department; and
(2) for whom the department's goal is reunification of the child with the child's parent.
(c) The department shall ensure that a parent who is otherwise entitled to possession of the child has an opportunity to visit the child not later than the fifth day after the date the department is named temporary managing conservator of the child unless:
(1) the department determines that visitation is not in the child's best interest; or
(2) visitation with the parent would conflict with a court order relating to possession of or access to the child.
(d) Before a hearing conducted under Subchapter C, the department in collaboration with each parent of the child must develop a temporary visitation schedule for the child's visits with each parent. The visitation schedule may conform to the department's minimum visitation policies. The department shall consider the factors listed in Section 263.107(c) in developing the temporary visitation schedule. Unless modified by court order, the schedule remains in effect until a visitation plan is developed under Section 263.107.
(e) The department may include the temporary visitation schedule in any report the department submits to the court before or during a hearing under Subchapter C. The court may render any necessary order regarding the temporary visitation schedule.
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