Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 157. ENFORCEMENT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 157.374 (2026)

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Sec. 157.374. WELFARE OF CHILD. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the court may render an appropriate temporary order if there is a serious immediate question concerning the welfare of the child.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: Whitworth v. Whitworth, 222 S.W.3d 616 (Tex. App. 2007).
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Whitworth v. Whitworth, 222 S.W.3d 616 (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “" TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 157.374 (Vernon 2002) (emphasis added).”
In Re Lau, 89 S.W.3d 757 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 157.374 (Vernon 2002).”
in Re Jacob Ledesma Guerrero, Relator, 440 S.W.3d 917 (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “” See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 157.374 (West 2014); In re Lau, 89 S.”
In Re Kubankin, 257 S.W.3d 852 (Tex. App. 2008). “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 157.374. Respondent found that G.”
Dohrn v. Delgado, 941 S.W.2d 244 (Tex. App. 1996). “” Tex.Fam. Code Ann. §§ 157.374 & 157.376 (Vernon 1996); Cowan v.”
In Re deFilippi, 235 S.W.3d 319 (Tex. App. 2007). “Nevertheless, “[notwithstanding any other provision of [Subchapter H], the court may render an appropriate temporary order if there is a serious immediate question concerning the welfare of the child.”
In Re Bradshaw, 273 S.W.3d 851 (Tex. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “374 of the Texas Family Code. Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 157.”
In Re Johnston, 957 S.W.2d 945 (Tex. App. 1997). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 157.374 (Vernon 1996).”
in Re: Michael Gibb (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “3(j) Certification ......................”
In Re Georgina Yackelin Ramirez Uzcategui v. the State of Texas (2026). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Fam. Code § 157.374; see also In re Lau, 89 S.”
in Re: Stephen M. Lau (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 157.374 (Vernon 2002).”
In the Interest of M.C.M. & M.A.M., Child. v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2023). “Further, a trial court is authorized to render an appropriate temporary order in a habeas corpus proceeding “if there is a serious immediate question concerning the welfare of the child,” TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 157.374, and Father properly requested the additional temporary order…”
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