{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-263.6015","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 263.6015","heading":"TRIAL INDEPENDENCE.","body":"(a) A young adult is assigned trial independence status when the young adult:\n(1) does not enter extended foster care at the time of the young adult's 18th birthday; or\n(2) exits extended foster care before the young adult's 21st birthday.\n(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a court order is not required for a young adult to be assigned trial independence status. Trial independence is mandatory for a period of at least six months beginning on:\n(1) the date of the young adult's 18th birthday for a young adult described by Subsection (a)(1); or\n(2) the date the young adult exits extended foster care.\n(c) A court may order trial independence status extended for a period that exceeds the mandatory period under Subsection (b) but does not exceed one year from the date the period under Subsection (b) commences.\n(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a young adult who enters or reenters extended foster care after a period of trial independence must complete a new period of trial independence as provided by Subsection (b)(2).\n(e) The trial independence status of a young adult ends on the young adult's 21st birthday.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 456 (S.B. 886), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.","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 G. EXTENDED JURISDICTION AFTER CHILD'S 18TH BIRTHDAY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.263.htm#263.6015","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"4e5e834509a753dcfae17b449d4efaba7cf9c133d6b32fc72fcb5f32e280e46a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-263.601","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-263.602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}