Source: http://benchbook.texaschildrenscommission.gov/library_item/gov.texaschildrenscommission.benchbook/83
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 03:50:58+00:00

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At any stage of the case, the court may order a monitored return of the child to a parent with DFPS remaining as temporary managing conservator. The monitored return cannot be for more than 180 days, but may be ordered without regard to the other deadlines.
• Orders DFPS to monitor the child’s placement to ensure that the child is in a safe environment. Tex. Fam. Code § 263.403(a).
Unless the court has already granted an extension under Tex. Fam. Code § 263.401(b), DFPS or the parent may request an additional six months to complete the remaining requirements in a service plan and specified in the temporary order that are mandatory for the child’s return. Tex. Fam. Code § 263.403(a-1). If the court has already granted a six-month extension based on extraordinary circumstances under Section 263.401(b), the extension offered under Section 263.403(a-1) is not available.
• Schedule a new date, not later than the 180th day after the date the temporary order is rendered, for dismissal of the suit unless a trial on the merits has commenced. Tex. Fam. Code § 263.403(b).
If before the dismissal of the suit or the commencement of the trial on the merits a child placed with a parent under Section 263.403 must be moved from that home or the court renders a temporary order terminating the transition order issued under Tex. Fam. Code §263.403(a)(2)(B), the court shall, at the time of the move or order, schedule a new date for dismissal of the suit. The new dismissal date may not be later than the original dismissal date established under Tex. Fam. Code § 263.401 or the 180th day after the date the child is moved or the order is rendered under Tex. Fam. Code § 263.403(c), whichever date is later. Tex. Fam. Code § 263.403(c).
If the court renders an order, the court must include in the order specific findings regarding the grounds for the order. Tex. Fam. Code § 263.403(d); In re J.W.M., 153 S.W.3d 541, 545 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2004, pet. denied); In re Neal, 4 S.W.3d 443 (Tex. App.—Houston [1 Dist.] 1999, orig. proceeding).

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