Texas Child Protection Law Bench Book

August 2015 edition

A. When Permanency Hearing After Final Order is Conducted

After the entry of an order that appoints DFPS as permanent managing conservator of a child, if the parental rights are not terminated, a Permanency Hearing After Final Order must be held within six months. If the parental rights are terminated, the first Permanency Hearing After Final Order must be held within 90 days after the court renders the final order. Tex. Fam. Code § 263.501(a) and (b). Thereafter, a Permanency Hearing After Final Order must be held every six months until the date the child leaves the permanent managing conservatorship of DFPS. Tex. Fam. Code § 263.501(a).