SECTION 707.507. What notification requirements apply to an investigation of a person that also has placement of child(ren) in the managing conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) or is a DFPS foster or adoptive home?

(a) If there is a reason-to-believe finding of abuse or neglect of a child that is not in the managing conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and the home also has children that are in DFPS's managing conservatorship, we must notify:

(1) The court having jurisdiction;

(2) The attorney ad litem;

(3) The guardian ad litem, if one is appointed; and

(4) The child's parents.

(b) If a law enforcement investigation of a report of abuse or neglect involving a child in a DFPS foster or pre-consummated adoptive home results in criminal indictment of either of the foster or adoptive parents, DFPS will close the home unless the regional director, in consultation with a Child Protective Services State Office Director, determines that there is not a continuing risk of substantial harm to children placed there and the indicted perpetrator is out of the home.

Source Note: The provisions of this §707.507 adopted to be effective July 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 4780