80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1481, Chapter 866 Page: 2 of 7
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H.B. No. 1481
1 later than the 90th day after the date the parent-child
2 relationship between the child and the parent is terminated in a
3 suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services
4 requesting the termination of the parent-child relationship.
5 SECTION 2. Sections 263.401(a), (b), and (c), Family Code,
6 are amended to read as follows:
7 (a) Unless the court has commenced the trial on the merits
8 [rend:rcd a fina1 ordcr] or granted an extension under Subsection
9 (b), on the first Monday after the first anniversary of the date the
10 court rendered a temporary order appointing the department as
11 temporary managing conservator, the court shall dismiss the suit
12 affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the department
13 that requests termination of the parent-child relationship or
14 requests that the department be named conservator of the child.
15 (b) Unless the court has commenced the trial on the merits,
16 the [The] court may not retain the suit on the court's docket after
17 the time described by Subsection (a) unless the court finds that
18 extraordinary circumstances necessitate the child remaining in the
19 temporary managing conservatorship of the department and that
20 continuing the appointment of the department as temporary managing
21 conservator is in the best interest of the child. If the court
22 makes those findings, the court may retain the suit on the court's
23 docket for a period not to exceed 180 days after the time described
24 by Subsection (a). If the court retains the suit on the court's
25 docket, the court shall render an order in which the court:
26 (1) schedules the new date on which the suit will be
27 dismissed if the trial on the merits has not commenced, which date2
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1481, Chapter 866, legislative document, 2007-05/2007-06; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154773/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.