Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - Texas
Date: August 2024
STATUTES
Website: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/
Citations:
- Adoption: Family Code, title 5, subtitle B, chapter 162; subtitle E, chapter 264 (§ 264.110)
- Child protection: Family Code, title 5, subtitle E, chapter 261
- Child welfare: Family Code, title 5, subtitle B, chapter 161; subtitle E, chapters 262–264
- Guardianship: Family Code, title 5, subtitle E, chapter 264, subchapters I and K
- Youth services: Family Code, title 5, subtitle E, chapter 264 (§§ 264.121, 264.1214)
- Indian child welfare: Family Code, title 5, subtitle B, chapter 152, subchapter B (§ 152.104)
REGULATION/ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Website: https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.viewtac
Note:
See title 40, part 19.
AGENCY POLICIES
Website: http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/handbooks/
OTHER RESOURCES
Tribal codes:
- Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, Indian Child Welfare Code
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Code of Laws