Tex. Family Code § 263.0022
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 263.0022, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 263.0022. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SUPERVISION; MONTHLY REPORT.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "temporary emergency supervision" means the supervision and care provided by the department or a single source continuum contractor for a child without placement for whom the department has been appointed as the temporary or permanent managing conservator.
(b) The department or a single source continuum contractor may not advocate for and a court may not render an order placing a child in temporary emergency supervision if an appropriate placement is available. The department or the contractor and the court may not consider a child's refusal to stay in a placement when determining whether the placement is appropriate.
(c) Before a court may order temporary emergency supervision for a child, the department or the single source continuum contractor shall submit a report to the court that includes information regarding each attempted placement, including:
(1) the type of placement;
(2) the location of the placement;
(3) the date the department or the contractor contacted the placement; and
(4) the reason the department or the contractor determined the placement was not appropriate.
(b) The department or a single source continuum contractor may not advocate for and a court may not render an order placing a child in temporary emergency supervision if an appropriate placement is available. The department or the contractor and the court may not consider a child's refusal to stay in a placement when determining whether the placement is appropriate.
(c) Before a court may order temporary emergency supervision for a child, the department or the single source continuum contractor shall submit a report to the court that includes information regarding each attempted placement, including:
(1) the type of placement;
(2) the location of the placement;
(3) the date the department or the contractor contacted the placement; and
(4) the reason the department or the contractor determined the placement was not appropriate.
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