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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the removal of an abuse finding against a parent by the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services following the |
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dismissal of a suit against the parent. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 262.206 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 262.206. REMOVAL OF FINDING FOLLOWING DISMISSAL OF |
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SUIT. If the court dismisses a suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship filed under this chapter on the basis that |
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insufficient evidence exists to satisfy a person of ordinary |
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prudence and caution that the parent abused or neglected the child, |
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the department may not include a reason to believe finding against |
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the parent in the department's records for the case. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |