
§ 152.315. ROLE OF PROSECUTOR OR PUBLIC OFFICIAL.  (a) In 
a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention 
on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the 
prosecutor or other appropriate public official may take any lawful 
action, including resorting to a proceeding under this subchapter 
or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain 
the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination if 
there is:
		(1)  an existing child custody determination;                                 
		(2)  a request to do so from a court in a pending child 
custody proceeding; 
		(3)  a reasonable belief that a criminal statute has 
been violated;  or     
		(4)  a reasonable belief that the child has been 
wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention 
on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
	(b)  A prosecutor or appropriate public official acting 
under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent 
any party.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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