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6 Aug 2010, 7:26 am
She made what she thought was a routine request to the Department of Family and Protective Services, asking for her paper record. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 2:07 pm
Photo from Raices Following the recent order preventing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from licensing the immigration detention centers at Dilley and Karnes as child-care facilities, some 460 women and children have been released from immigration detention.... [read post]
1 Mar 2024, 4:05 am
In 2022, PFLAG successfully obtained temporary injunctive relief shielding its member families from the Texas Department of Family Protective Services’ (“DFPS”) operationalization of Governor Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate families of transgender youth who receive gender-affirming medical care for the treatment of gender dysphoria—a directive based on the Attorney General’s non-binding… [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 12:36 pm
Adoption Day, now in its 13th year, is spearheaded by the Austin Bar Association and the Austin Bar Foundation in partnership with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, CASA of Travis County, Partnerships for Children, Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center, the Travis County Office of Child Representation, and the Travis County Children’s Protective Services Board. [read post]
29 Mar 2023, 7:47 am
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services website states that parents must consider their child's maturity level, the safety of their home environment, and the risks in their neighborhood when deciding when a child is old enough to be at home without supervision. [read post]
4 Oct 2022, 1:48 pm
Under Sec. 54.08 of the Texas Family code, however, hearings are closed to the public if the child is under the age of 14 at the time of the hearing. [read post]
28 Dec 2021, 2:27 pm
Who may file the family code under 156.002 provides a list of people who may file. 1)A party affected by an order may file a suit for modification in the court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. 2)A person or entity who, at the time of filing, has standing to sue under chapter 102 may file a suit for modification in the court with exclusive jurisdiction. 3)The sibling of a child who is separated from the child because of the actions of the Department of… [read post]
29 Jul 2019, 7:27 am
There are various forms of child neglect recognized by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, including the following: Neglectful supervision means the child was left alone and provided improper levels of supervision that could have lead to substantial harm. [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 9:53 am
After Three Decades of Public Service, DFPS Commissioner Specia Stepping Down from Top Job AUSTIN – Judge John Specia Jr. today announced his intention to retire as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) effective May 31, 2016. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 2:18 pm
Testimony is expected from people invited by the panel, including Anne Heiligenstein, commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services; Willie Jessop, a [...] [read post]
24 Mar 2022, 1:22 pm
An appropriate agency to report child abuse would be the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services or local law enforcement. [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 12:13 pm
The case arose when the Department of Family and Protective Services brought an action for the protection and conservatorship of a couple’s three-year-old daughter. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 7:00 am
The proposed child welfare law certification focuses on attorneys who serve as ad litems for children and parents or who represent the state in child protection cases brought by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. [read post]
12 Jun 2022, 4:01 am
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has a responsibility to act accordingly. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 2:06 pm
The transformation also includes moving selected programs from the Department of State Health Services and the Department of Family and Protective Services to HHSC. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 12:26 am
Media stories yesterday and today (New York Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram ) gave wide coverage to an affidavit (full text) filed in Sleicher County, Texas District Court in which an investigative supervisor for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services describes the phone calls by a 16-year old inside the FLDS ranch near San Angelo, Texas that led to the much publicized raid on the compound. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 3:41 pm
Grounds for parental rights termination include constructive abandonment if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the parent has: constructively abandoned the child who has been in the permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services (“Department”) for not less than six months, and: Continue Reading › The post Constructive Abandonment and Parental Rights… [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 7:00 am
Dallas Employment Lawyer Paige Melendez On February 22, 2022, Governor Abbott penned a letter to the Texas Department of Family Protective Services (“DFPS”) in which he imposed a mandate on the State agency to investigate the parents of children who are undergoing any type of gender transitioning treatment. [read post]
4 May 2008, 1:10 am
Carey Cockerell, the Texas Commissioner of Family and Protective Services, testified before the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services last Wednesday on developments and challenges in the handling of children taken into foster care after the raid of the FLDS ranch in Eldorado, Texas. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 8:39 pm
Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
