{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 153.013","heading":"FALSE REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE.","body":"(a) If a party to a pending suit affecting the parent-child relationship makes a report alleging child abuse by another party to the suit that the reporting party knows lacks a factual foundation, the court shall deem the report to be a knowingly false report.\n(b) Evidence of a false report of child abuse is admissible in a suit between the involved parties regarding the terms of conservatorship of a child.\n(c) If the court makes a finding under Subsection (a), the court shall impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 786, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 153. CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm#153.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"d8103214b6d3f092be6b76268c1a1ad114753d1a56bc07f2f8e712b966a47ea4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}