Tex. Family Code § 264.751
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 264.751, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 264.751. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Designated caregiver" means an individual who has a longstanding and significant relationship with a child or the family of a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator and who:
(A) is appointed to provide substitute care for the child, but is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or
(B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A).
(2) "Relative" means a person related to a child by consanguinity as determined under Section 573.022, Government Code.
(3) "Relative caregiver" means a relative who:
(A) provides substitute care for a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator, but who is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or
(B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A).
(1) "Designated caregiver" means an individual who has a longstanding and significant relationship with a child or the family of a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator and who:
(A) is appointed to provide substitute care for the child, but is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or
(B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A).
(2) "Relative" means a person related to a child by consanguinity as determined under Section 573.022, Government Code.
(3) "Relative caregiver" means a relative who:
(A) provides substitute care for a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator, but who is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or
(B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A).
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