Tex. Family Code § 263.3025
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 263.3025, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 263.3025. PERMANENCY PLAN.
Official statutory text
(a) The department shall prepare a permanency plan for a child for whom the department has been appointed temporary managing conservator. The department shall give a copy of the plan to each person entitled to notice under Section 263.0021(b) not later than the 10th day before the date of the child's first permanency hearing.
(b) In addition to the requirements of the department rules governing permanency planning, the permanency plan must contain the information required to be included in a permanency progress report under Section 263.303.
(c) The department shall modify the permanency plan for a child as required by the circumstances and needs of the child.
(d) In accordance with department rules, a child's permanency plan must include concurrent permanency goals consisting of a primary permanency goal and at least one alternate permanency goal.
(b) In addition to the requirements of the department rules governing permanency planning, the permanency plan must contain the information required to be included in a permanency progress report under Section 263.303.
(c) The department shall modify the permanency plan for a child as required by the circumstances and needs of the child.
(d) In accordance with department rules, a child's permanency plan must include concurrent permanency goals consisting of a primary permanency goal and at least one alternate permanency goal.
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