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12 Apr 2008, 1:52 pm
This article comes from the State Bar of Texas:"The Texas Department of Public Safety reports that in 2006, there were 186,868 incidents of documented family violence statewide. [read post]
12 Apr 2008, 1:52 pm
This article comes from the State Bar of Texas:"The Texas Department of Public Safety reports that in 2006, there were 186,868 incidents of documented family violence statewide. [read post]
4 Mar 2022, 7:25 am
A judge in Travis County, Texas, has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating the family of a transgender youth who filed a lawsuit earlier this week. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 8:36 am
Senate Bill 534 requires the Department of Family and Protective Services to hold a permanency planning meeting for each child for whom DFPS is appointed temporary managing conservator. [read post]
24 Dec 2008, 6:30 am
On Monday, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) issued a 21-page report (full text) defending its highly publicized April raid of the polygamous FLDS Church's Yearning For Zion Ranch. [read post]
2 Dec 2017, 7:58 am
By Kelly McClure In a recent Texas child custody case, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services sued to terminate a mother’s parental rights to her daughter. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 3:14 am
MichaelIn one of the previous blogs, we discussed the role of Child Protective Services (CPS) or as it referred in Texas, the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 3:14 am
Michael In one of the previous blogs, we discussed the role of Child Protective Services (CPS) or as it referred in Texas, the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). [read post]
5 Nov 2018, 7:59 am
Sponsored by the Austin Bar Foundation, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and several others, the event put 51 foster care children into “forever families. [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]
17 Apr 2020, 7:08 am
Many parents who are contacted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) are shocked when they realize that they are being investigated for potential child abuse or neglect. [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]
15 May 2022, 1:49 pm
The Texas Supreme Court Friday ruled that state agencies in Texas may investigate gender affirming care as child abuse but that the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is not bound to undertake any such investigations. [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]
5 Jul 2022, 4:54 am
When the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services makes the decision that it is in a child’s best interest to terminate the rights of a natural parent, the proceedings are often taken as a last resort. [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]
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]
10 Mar 2022, 8:36 am
Building on this opinion, Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the head of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, instructing them to promptly investigate cases covered by the Attorney General's Opinion. [read post]
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]
21 Jul 2008, 12:10 am
Presently about 30,000 Texas children receive services through the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. [read post]
