Sec. 263.304.  INITIAL PERMANENCY HEARING;  TIME.  (a)  Not later than the 180th day after the date the court renders a temporary order appointing the department as temporary managing conservator of a child, the court shall hold a permanency hearing to review the status of, and permanency plan for, the child to ensure that a final order consistent with that permanency plan is rendered before the date for dismissal of the suit under this chapter.
(b)  The court shall set a final hearing under this chapter on a date that allows the court to render a final order before the date for dismissal of the suit under this chapter.  Any party to the suit or an attorney ad litem for the child may seek a writ of mandamus to compel the court to comply with the duties imposed by this subsection.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 113, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1998;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1998;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 87, eff. Jan. 1, 1998;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1090, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.