{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.501","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 261.501","heading":"FILING APPLICATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER IN CERTAIN CASES OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.","body":"The department may file an application for a protective order for a child's protection under this subchapter on the department's own initiative or jointly with a parent, relative, or caregiver of the child who requests the filing of the application if the department:\n(1) has temporary managing conservatorship of the child;\n(2) determines that:\n(A) the child:\n(i) is a victim of abuse or neglect; or\n(ii) has a history of being abused or neglected; and\n(B) there is a threat of:\n(i) immediate or continued abuse or neglect to the child;\n(ii) someone illegally taking the child from the home in which the child is placed;\n(iii) behavior that poses a threat to the caregiver with whom the child is placed; or\n(iv) someone committing an act of violence against the child or the child's caregiver; and\n(3) is not otherwise authorized to apply for a protective order for the child's protection under Chapter 82.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 261. INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT","SUBCHAPTER F. PROTECTIVE ORDER IN CERTAIN CASES OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.261.htm#261.501","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"fc7de344949e6eb659abbdd9df565e31a467541b516c5796e846d7e0aa97767a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.410","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}