{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.309","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 262.309","heading":"SEARCH FOR RELATIVES NOT REQUIRED.","body":"The Department of Family and Protective Services is not required to conduct a search for the relatives of a child for whom the department assumes care, control, and custody under this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 620 (H.B. 2331), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","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#262.309","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"c2bcfeecaba9f7e311115edcbbd445ff1a785a3e91983de6c3238c8511532007","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.308","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-262.351"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}