{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.304","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 262.304","heading":"FILING PETITION AFTER ACCEPTING POSSESSION OF ABANDONED CHILD.","body":"A child for whom the Department of Family and Protective Services assumes care, control, and custody under Section 262.303 shall be treated as a child taken into possession without a court order, and the department shall take action as required by Section 262.105 with regard to the child.\nAmended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 809, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.167, eff. April 2, 2015.","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 D. EMERGENCY POSSESSION OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.262.htm#262.304","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"f9fee3a813c919560857c3710d730e52dc3ac56d6d8daeaffeefe372a4d6d41c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.303","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}