Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1266 amends the Family Code to provide that the court in an adversary hearing must require each parent, alleged father, or relative of the child before the court to provide the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services with information necessary to locate any other absent parent, alleged father, or relative of the child. In a status or permanency hearing, the bill requires the court to determine whether sufficient information has been furnished to the department to locate an absent parent, alleged father, or relative of the child. The bill also amends provisions relating to swift adoption teams to require the teams to attempt to place a child for adoption with an appropriate relative of the child.