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TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 35TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
CHAPTER 801LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
SUBCHAPTER BRULES OF PRACTICE
RULE §801.55Parenting Coordination

(a) In accordance with the Texas Family Code, §153.601(3), "parenting coordinator" means an impartial third party:

  (1) who, regardless of the title by which the person is designated by the court, performs any function described in the Texas Family Code, §153.606, in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship; and

  (2) who:

    (A) is appointed under Texas Family Code, Subchapter K (relating to Parenting Plan, Parenting Coordinator, and Parenting Facilitator) by the court on its own motion, or on a motion or agreement of the parties, to assist parties in resolving parenting issues through confidential procedures; and

    (B) is not appointed under another statute or a rule of civil procedure.

(b) A licensee who serves as a parenting coordinator is not acting under the authority of a license issued by the council, and is not engaged in the practice of marriage and family therapy. The services provided by the licensee who serves as a parenting coordinator are not within the jurisdiction of the council, but rather the jurisdiction of the appointing court.

(c) A licensee who serves as a parenting coordinator has a duty to provide the information in subsection (b) of this section, to the parties to the suit.

(d) Records of a licensee serving as a parenting coordinator are confidential under the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code, §154.073. Licensees serving as a confidential parenting coordinator shall comply with the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code, Chapter 154, relating to the release of information.

(e) A licensee may not provide marriage and family therapy services to any person while simultaneously providing parenting coordination services. The foregoing rule does not apply if the court enters a finding that mental health services are not readily available in the location where the parties reside.


Source Note: The provisions of this §801.55 adopted to be effective October 5, 2020, 45 TexReg 7024

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