{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-263.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 263.101","heading":"DEPARTMENT TO FILE SERVICE PLAN.","body":"Except as provided by Section 262.2015, not later than the 45th day after the date the court renders a temporary order appointing the department as temporary managing conservator of a child under Chapter 262, the department shall file a service plan.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1150, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.173, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 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 263. REVIEW OF PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER CARE OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. SERVICE PLAN AND VISITATION PLAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.263.htm#263.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"c960120f34bb34d3b4cd5f389fe9cc9bbe06ff661ec64b6b2990e99a33c73057","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-263.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-263.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}