TITLE: Relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as evidence of abuse or neglect of a child.

SUMMARY: Relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as evidence of abuse or neglect of a child.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as evidence of abuse or neglect of a child. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 262.013 to read as follows: Sec. 262.013. VOLUNTARY TEMPORARY MANAGING CONSERVATORSHIP. In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, a person's voluntary agreement to temporarily place the person's child in the managing conservatorship of the department is inadmissible in a court hearing under this subtitle as evidence that the person abused or neglected the child. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.