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Terms Used In Texas Family Code 262.014

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

On the request of the attorney for a parent who is a party in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed under this chapter, or the attorney ad litem for the parent’s child, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall, before the full adversary hearing, provide:
(1) the name of any person, excluding a department employee, whom the department will call as a witness to any of the allegations contained in the petition filed by the department;
(2) a copy of any offense report relating to the allegations contained in the petition filed by the department that will be used in court to refresh a witness’s memory; and
(3) a copy of any photograph, video, or recording that will be presented as evidence.