{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-35a.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 35A.003","heading":"PETITION FOR TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION.","body":"A petition for temporary authorization to consent to voluntary inpatient mental health services for a child must:\n(1) be styled \"ex parte\" and be in the name of the child;\n(2) be verified by the petitioner;\n(3) state:\n(A) the name, date of birth, and current physical address of the child;\n(B) the name, date of birth, and current physical address of the petitioner; and\n(C) the name and, if known, the current physical and mailing addresses of the child's parents, conservators, or guardians;\n(4) describe the status and location of any court proceeding in this or another state with respect to the child;\n(5) describe the petitioner's relationship to the child;\n(6) provide the dates during the preceding six months that the child has resided with the petitioner;\n(7) contain a certificate of medical examination for mental illness prepared by a physician who has examined the child not earlier than the third day before the date the petition is filed and be accompanied by a sworn statement containing the physician's opinion, and the detailed reasons for that opinion, that the child is a person:\n(A) with mental illness or who demonstrates symptoms of a serious emotional disorder; and\n(B) who presents a risk of serious harm to self or others if not immediately restrained or hospitalized; and\n(8) state any reason that the petitioner is unable to obtain signed, written documentation from a parent, conservator, or guardian of the child.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 988 (S.B. 1238), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 2. CHILD IN RELATION TO THE FAMILY","SUBTITLE A. LIMITATIONS OF MINORITY","CHAPTER 35A. TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION FOR INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR MINOR CHILD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.35A.htm#35A.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"eadd5abbd4038061fad793cf75b3ef7ece92e0625eb3dcde0560a5e30610b781","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-35a.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-35a.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}