If the child’s Texas caseworker and the other state’s agency agree that the child’s out of state placement no longer needs to be supervised, the other state’s agency prepares a final supervisory report recommending a legal action that will close the child’s case and complete the interstate placement process.

The final actions that the Texas court may take include, but are not limited to:

  •   terminating DFPS’s appointment as the child’s managing conservator;

  •   consummating the child’s adoption, or terminating DFPS conservatorship to allow a court in the other state to consummate the adoption;

  •   authorizing the child to be legally emancipated in the other state; or

  •   acknowledging that the child has reached majority age.

The other state’s agency sends a final report to the other state’s compact office.

If the other state’s compact office agrees with the agency’s recommendation:

  •   the other state’s compact office prepares an ICPC transmittal letter to that effect and sends the ICPC transmittal letter and the final report to the Texas Interstate Compact Office (TICO);

  •   TICO sends a copy of the ICPC transmittal letter and a copy of the report to the regional ICPC coordinator;

  •   the ICPC coordinator forwards the copies of the ICPC transmittal letter and report to the caseworker; and

  •   the caseworker requests the recommended court order to terminate jurisdiction and close the case.