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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 161.202: PREFERENTIAL SETTING.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 161. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. HEARING AND ORDER

In a termination suit, after a hearing, the court shall grant a motion for a preferential setting for a final hearing on the merits filed by a party to the suit or by the amicus attorney or attorney ad litem for the child and shall give precedence to that hearing over other civil cases if:

(1) termination would make the child eligible for adoption; and

(2) discovery has been completed or sufficient time has elapsed since the filing of the suit for the completion of all necessary and reasonable discovery if diligently pursued.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 172 (H.B. 307), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2005.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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