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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 546.0207. Designation of Volunteer Advocate

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The commission shall designate an individual, including a member of a community-based organization, to serve as a volunteer advocate for a child residing in an institution to assist in developing a permanency plan for the child if:

(1) the child's parent or guardian requests the assistance of an advocate;

(2) the institution in which the child is placed cannot locate the child's parent or guardian; or

(3) the child resides in an institution the commission operates.

(b) The individual designated to serve as the child's volunteer advocate may be:

(1) an individual the child's parent or guardian selects, except that the individual may not be employed by or under a contract with the institution in which the child resides;

(2) an adult relative of the child; or

(3) a child advocacy group representative.

(c) The commission shall provide to each individual designated to serve as a child's volunteer advocate information regarding permanency planning under this subchapter. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.156.)

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