Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · CHAPTER 263. REVIEW OF PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER CARE OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
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Tex. Fam. Code § 263.101 (2026)

Department To File Service Plan

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Sec. 263.101. DEPARTMENT TO FILE SERVICE PLAN. Except as provided by Section 262.2015, not later than the 45th day after the date the court renders a temporary order appointing the department as temporary managing conservator of a child under Chapter 262, the department shall file a service plan.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1150, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.173, eff. April 2, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2002–2026 · leading case: Liu v. Dep't of Fam. & Prot. Servs., 273 S.W.3d 785 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008).
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Liu v. Dep't of Fam. & Prot. Servs., 273 S.W.3d 785 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008). “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 263.101 (Vernon 2002).”
in the Interest of E.C.C., 539 S.W.3d 425 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2018). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 263.101 (West Supp.”
in the Interest of T.T.F., a Child, 331 S.W.3d 461 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2010). “■ Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 263.101 (Vernon 2008).”
In the Interest of C.G.B., A/K/A M.G.K., & J.R.B., A/K/A R.R.K., Child., 163 S.W.3d 805 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2005). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 263.101 (Vernon 2002).”
in the Interest of B.L.H, a Child, No. 14-18-00087-CV, 2018 WL 3385119 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] July 12, 2018). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 263.101 (West Supp.”
In the Interest of TR, RR, Child. v. the State of Texas, No. 01-25-00924-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Apr. 9, 2026). · cites it 2× “See TEX. FAM. CODE § 263.101 (requiring the Department to file a service plan).”
In re CGB, 163 S.W.3d 805 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2005). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 263.101 (Vernon 2002).”
In re TTF, 331 S.W.3d 461 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2010). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 263.101 (Vernon 2008).”
in the Interest of M.C. & T.C., Child., No. 15-0544 (Tex. July 24, 2015). · cites it 2× “8 TEX. FAM. CODE §263.101 . . . . . . . 21 TEX.”
in the Interest of T.C.H., a Child, No. 06-16-00054-CV (Tex. App.—Texarkana Dec. 8, 2016). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 263.101 (West Supp.”
in the Interest of L.L.N-P., a Child, No. 04-18-00380-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio Nov. 21, 2018). “” TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 263.101. If the Department determines that the child’s parents are unable or unwilling to participate in the development of the plan or to sign the plan, the Department may file the plan without the parents’ signatures.”
In re V.A.G., Child., No. 04-19-00449-CV, 2019 WL 5927451 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Nov. 13, 2019). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 263.101. The trial court “shall incorporate the original and any amended service plan into the orders of the court.”
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