{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-107.257","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 107.257","heading":"NONPROFIT AS OFFICE.","body":"(a) Before contracting with a nonprofit corporation to serve as an office of child representation or office of parent representation, the commissioners court or commissioners courts, as applicable, must solicit proposals for the office.\n(b) After considering each proposal for an office of child representation or office of parent representation submitted by a nonprofit corporation, the commissioners court or commissioners courts, as applicable, shall select a proposal that reasonably demonstrates that the office will provide adequate quality representation for children for whom appointed counsel is required under Section 107.012 or for parents for whom appointed counsel is required under Section 107.013, as applicable.\n(c) The total cost of the proposal may not be the sole consideration in selecting a proposal.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 571 (H.B. 3003), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.\nRedesignated from Family Code, Section 107.067 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(6), eff. September 1, 2017.","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 G. OFFICE OF CHILD REPRESENTATION AND OFFICE OF PARENT REPRESENTATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.107.htm#107.257","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"1b8d35c2a605324761432887ea62b2431e52cf29321d40ae6b4a6d9641efd586","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-107.256","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-107.258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}