§ 262.006 Living Child After Abortion
(a)
An authorized representative of the Department of Family and Protective Services may assume the care, control, and custody of a child born alive as the result of an abortion as defined by Chapter 161.
(b)
The department shall file a suit and request an emergency order under this chapter.
(c)
A child for whom possession is assumed under this section need not be delivered to the court except on the order of the court.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.151, eff. April 2, 2015.
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