TX :: Child Protective Services Handbook :: 5500 From Status Hearing to the Final Hearing :: 5564.2 Additional Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights

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Grounds for termination that are rarely used include:

  •   stubborn refusal to submit to a reasonable court order under Chapter 261External Link of the Family Code; and

  •   being the major cause of a child either not being enrolled in school or being away from home for a substantial length of time without the parent’s or guardian’s consent and without an intent to return.

Texas Family Code §161.001External Link(I),(J)


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