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Texas Family Code - Section 107.051. Order For Social Study

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§ 107.051. ORDER FOR SOCIAL STUDY.  (a) The court may 
order the preparation of a social study into the circumstances and 
condition of the child and of the home of any person requesting 
managing conservatorship or possession of the child.
	(b)  The social study may be made by a private entity, a 
person appointed by the court, or a state agency, including the 
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services if the department 
is a party to the suit.
	(c)  In a suit in which adoption is requested or possession 
of or access to the child is an issue and in which the Department of 
Protective and Regulatory Services is not a party, the court shall 
appoint a private agency or another person, including a domestic 
relations office, to conduct the social study.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 133, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 488, § 1, eff. June 11, 2001.

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