{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-107.0161","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 107.0161","heading":"AD LITEM APPOINTMENTS FOR CHILD COMMITTED TO TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.","body":"If an order appointing the Department of Family and Protective Services as managing conservator of a child does not continue the appointment of the child's guardian ad litem or attorney ad litem and the child is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or released under supervision by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem or attorney ad litem for the child.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 108 (H.B. 1629), Sec. 3, eff. May 23, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 79, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 107. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS, AND ADOPTION EVALUATIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPOINTMENTS IN CERTAIN SUITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.107.htm#107.0161","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"d93de4888ff318d2c04cb11f1b9ba8426a162bdbb8f5619990f739c86d9ed223","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-107.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-107.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}