The caseworker must notify the court if:

  •   a child develops a serious or life-endangering illness;

  •   a child dies;

  •   consideration is being given to withdrawing the child from life-support systems or withholding medically indicated treatment;

  •   a child is abused or neglected in a foster home, an adoptive home, a relative’s home, or the child’s own home;

  •   DFPS loses contact with the child because the child has run away or been kidnapped by a parent or relative;

  •   a child decides to place himself or herself in an independent living arrangement; or

  •   any other instance occurs when the child is, or may be, harmed.

DFPS Rules, 40 TAC §700.1107External Link