{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.1285","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 411.1285","heading":"ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE AND CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATOR.","body":"(a) A domestic relations office created under Chapter 203, Family Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information that relates to a person who is a party to a proceeding in which the domestic relations office is providing services permitted under Chapter 203, Family Code.\n(a-1) A domestic relations office created under Chapter 203, Family Code, or a child custody evaluator appointed under Chapter 107, Family Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information that relates to a person involved in a child custody evaluation under Chapter 107, Family Code, in which the domestic relations office or child custody evaluator has been appointed to conduct the child custody evaluation.\n(b) The department shall provide the domestic relations office or the child custody evaluator with criminal history record information not later than the 10th day after the date on which the criminal history record information is requested.\n(c) Criminal history record information requested under this section, except for relevant information included in a report of a child custody evaluation or adoption evaluation filed under Chapter 107, Family Code, may not be released or disclosed by a domestic relations office or a child custody evaluator to a person other than the court ordering the child custody evaluation or adoption evaluation except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1040 (H.B. 1181), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 832 (H.B. 772), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1252 (H.B. 1449), Sec. 3.07, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION","CHAPTER 411. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS","SUBCHAPTER F. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm#411.1285","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"03e0e8a4efab0410965975300cfd8425212430001aaa0b45679960cfa146bcbe","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.128","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.1286"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}