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Texas Family Code - Section 161.2061. Terms Regarding Limited Post-Termination Contact

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§ 161.2061. TERMS REGARDING LIMITED POST-TERMINATION 
CONTACT.  (a) If the court finds it to be in the best interest of 
the child, the court may provide in an order terminating the 
parent-child relationship that the biological parent who filed an 
affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights under 
Section 161.103 shall have limited post-termination contact with 
the child as provided by Subsection (b) on the agreement of the 
biological parent and the Department of Protective and Regulatory 
Services.
	(b)  The order of termination may include terms that allow 
the biological parent to:
		(1)  receive specified information regarding the 
child;                     
		(2)  provide written communications to the child;  and                        
		(3)  have limited access to the child.                                        
	(c)  The terms of an order of termination regarding limited 
post-termination contact may be enforced only if the party seeking 
enforcement pleads and proves that, before filing the motion for 
enforcement, the party attempted in good faith to resolve the 
disputed matters through mediation.
	(d)  The terms of an order of termination under this section 
are not enforceable by contempt.
	(e)  The terms of an order of termination regarding limited 
post-termination contact may not be modified.
	(f)  An order under this section does not:                                     
		(1)  affect the finality of a termination order;  or                          
		(2)  grant standing to a parent whose parental rights 
have been terminated to file any action under this title other than 
a motion to enforce the terms regarding limited post-termination 
contact until the court renders a subsequent adoption order with 
respect to the child.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 561, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007