Texas SB620 amends the Family Code to apply an active efforts standard for child removal cases.

Texas SB620 amends the Family Code to apply an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. The bill defines "active efforts" as affirmative, active, thorough, and timely efforts to maintain or reunite a child with their family. It requires courts to find specific circumstances before issuing a temporary order for a child's conservatorship and mandates that affidavits supporting such orders detail the active efforts made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal.

Texas SB620 amends the Family Code to apply an active efforts standard for child removal cases.

Texas SB620 amends the Family Code to apply an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. The bill defines "active efforts" as affirmative, active, thorough, and timely efforts to maintain or reunite a child with their family. It requires courts to find specific circumstances before issuing a temporary order for a child's conservatorship and mandates that affidavits supporting such orders detail the active efforts made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal.