{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 262.009","heading":"TEMPORARY CARE OF CHILD TAKEN INTO POSSESSION.","body":"An employee of or volunteer with a law enforcement agency who successfully completes a background and criminal history check approved by the law enforcement agency may assist a law enforcement officer or juvenile probation officer with the temporary care of a child who is taken into possession by a governmental entity without a court order under this chapter until further arrangements regarding the custody of the child can be made.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 970, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 262. PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILD","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.262.htm#262.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"332736171a36a895f0030804868bb872b470778466b27fc0aa32072a6f23941a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}