Subject Index

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Abandoned children, 262.009, 262.301– .309,

263.407

Abortion, living child after, 151.002, 161.006,

262.006

Abortion, minors

abuse, duty to report, 33.008– .010

capacity to consent, 33.013

denitions, 33.001

enforcement of laws, 33.014

judicial approval, 33.003– .007, 33.011

medical emergency, 33.0022

parental notice, 33.002, 33.0021

violations, 33.012

Abuse or neglect of child

abandoned children, 262.009, 262.301– .309,

263.407

access to records, 261.201

central registry, 261.002

child as perpetrator, 261.410

child safety check alert list, 261.3022– .3025

child welfare services. See Child welfare

services

condentiality of records, 261.201

conservatorship determinations, 153.004

court- appointed volunteer advocates,

264.601– .614

denitions, 261.001

emergency jurisdiction, 152.204

expert testimony, 104.007, 104.008

false allegations, 105.006, 153.013

Family Preservation Services Pilot Program,

262.401– .417

fatalities, 261.203, 261.204, 264.501– .515

foster care, 263.001– .608

investigation, 261.301– .409

report, changes made to, 261.3081

right to record interview, 261.3027

right to request administrative review,

261.3091

mandatory reporting, 33.008– .010,

261.101– .110

medical services, 266.003

mental health services, 262.351– .353

parental child safety placements,

264.901– .907

placement review, 263.001– .608

privileged communications, 261.202

protection procedures, 262.001– .353

protective orders, 261.501– .505

psychiatric treatment, refusal, 261.111

relative placement, 264.752– .857

relinquishment avoidance program, 262.353

removal, limits on, 262.116

report on court- ordered participation in

services, 264.2032

statements, admissibility, 104.002– .006

temporary emergency jurisdiction, 152.204

Texas School for the Blind and Visually

Impaired students, 261.003

Texas School for the Deaf students, 261.003

tracking of repeated reports, 261.004

training program for persons investigating,

261.3105

voluntary temporary managing

conservatorship, 262.013

Address condentiality program, 45.102,

45.103

Adoption

access to information, 162.006– .0065

adult, 162.501– .507

agencies, incentives, 162.601

assistance, 162.301– .3085

birth certicate, 108.003, 108.005, 108.009

change of name, 162.016

collateral attack, 162.012

condentiality of records, 162.022

consent, 162.010, 162.011

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death of petitioner, effect, 162.013

denial, 162.020

Department of Family and Protective

Services, 162.301– .3085

divorce of petitioners, effect, 162.013

docketing requirements, 102.013

documentation, 162.602

effect, 162.017

eligibility, 162.001

ethnicity, 162.015

evaluation. See Adoption evaluation

evidence, 104.001– .008

foreign orders, 162.023

hearing, 162.014

home study, 264.207

Interstate Compact on Adoption and

Medical Assistance, 162.201– .206

Interstate Compact on the Placement of

Children, 162.101– .107

managing conservator appointment,

distinguished, 263.408

maximum age restriction prohibited,

162.604

military service members, 162.0025

name change, 162.016

order, 162.016, 162.019

petition, 102.008, 162.602

placement, unauthorized persons, 162.025

pleadings, 102.008, 102.009, 162.602

prerequisites, 162.002

priority of case, 162.0045

race, 162.015

registries, 162.401– .422

regulated custody transfer, 162.206

report, 162.005– .0085

residence requirement, 162.009

sealing of le, 162.021

service by publication, 102.010

service of citation, 102.009– .010

sibling access, 162.0086

signatures, 102.014

six- month waiting period, 162.009

standing, 102.003, 102.0035, 102.005

statement to confer standing, 102.0035

swift adoption teams, 264.205

venue, 103.001– .003

vital statistics records, 108.003, 108.005,

108.009

waiver of citation, 102.0091

withdrawal of petition, 162.020

Adoption evaluation

admissibility issues, 107.161

applicability, 107.152, 107.153

child welfare services, 264.207

contents, 107.153

contested adoptions, 107.201, 107.202

costs, 107.153

denitions, 107.151

evaluator

access to records, 107.163

conicts of interest, 107.156

qualications, 107.154, 107.155

fees, 107.162

postplacement, 107.160

preplacement, 107.159

procedure, 107.158– .160

reporting of placements, 107.157

reports, 107.158– .161

requirement generally, 162.003

ADR. See Alternative dispute resolution

Agreements in consideration of marriage,

1.108

Alienation of affections, 1.107

Alimony. See Maintenance

Alternative dispute resolution

arbitration. See Arbitration

collaborative law. See Collaborative family law

conservatorship of child, 153.0071,

153.00715, 153.6031– .611

dissolution of marriage, 6.601– .604

mediation. See Mediation

parenting plan provisions, 153.6031

policy of Texas, 15.001

Amicus attorney

generally, 107.001– .009, 107.021– .023

dened, 107.001

fees, 107.023

governmental entity suits, 107.017

termination of parental rights cases,

107.017– .023

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