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 264. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
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Tex. Fam. Code § 264.852 (2026)

Permanency Care Assistance Agreements

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Sec. 264.852. PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS. (a) The department shall enter into a permanency care assistance agreement with a kinship provider who is eligible to receive permanency care assistance benefits.

(b) The department may enter into a permanency care assistance agreement with a kinship provider who is the prospective managing conservator of a foster child only if the kinship provider meets the eligibility criteria under federal and state law and department rule.

(c) A court may not order the department to enter into a permanency care assistance agreement with a kinship provider unless the kinship provider meets the eligibility criteria under federal and state law and department rule, including requirements relating to the criminal history background check of a kinship provider.

(d) A permanency care assistance agreement may provide for reimbursement of the nonrecurring expenses a kinship provider incurs in obtaining permanent managing conservatorship of a foster child, including attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses. The reimbursement of the nonrecurring expenses under this subsection may not exceed $2,000.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (H.B. 1151), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1238 (S.B. 2080), Sec. 6(e), eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 55, eff. September 1, 2025.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2017–2018 · leading case: In re B.D.A., 546 S.W.3d 346 (Tex. App. 2018).
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In re B.D.A., 546 S.W.3d 346 (Tex. App. 2018). “See Tex. Fam. Code §§ 264.852 -.853. See Act of May 25, 2011, 82nd Leg.”
in the Interest of B.D.A., L.A.A.-M., & J.X.A., Child. (Tex. App. 2017). “46 43 See TEX. FAM. CODE §§ 264.852–.853. 44 See Act of May 25, 2011, 82nd Leg.”
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