A CPS case has a twelve-month deadline with several important hearings and conferences along the way. There are adversarial hearings, status review hearings, permanency review hearings, family group conferences, and permanency conferences. Each hearing or conference has specific statutory requirements that must be met by CPS or the court.
Ordinarily, the child must be returned to the parents, or the CPS case must end by some other manner, by the twelve-month deadline. The court may sometimes grant a six-month extension to a CPS case under extraordinary circumstances, at which point the twelve-month deadline then becomes an eighteen-month deadline. The decision to grant an extension is highly fact-dependent and the judge has significant discretion to grant or deny a request for a six-month extension in a CPS case.
MemberStephen Carl is a trial and appellate attorney whose practice focuses on family law and civil litigation throughout Texas. He represents clients in divorce, child custody, property division, enforcement actions, and appeals ...
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