Sec. 35A.003.  PETITION FOR TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION.  A petition for temporary authorization to consent to voluntary inpatient mental health services for a child must:
(1)  be styled "ex parte" and be in the name of the child;
(2)  be verified by the petitioner;
(3)  state:
(A)  the name, date of birth, and current physical address of the child;
(B)  the name, date of birth, and current physical address of the petitioner; and
(C)  the name and, if known, the current physical and mailing addresses of the child's parents, conservators, or guardians;
(4)  describe the status and location of any court proceeding in this or another state with respect to the child;
(5)  describe the petitioner's relationship to the child;
(6)  provide the dates during the preceding six months that the child has resided with the petitioner;
(7)  contain a certificate of medical examination for mental illness prepared by a physician who has examined the child not earlier than the third day before the date the petition is filed and be accompanied by a sworn statement containing the physician's opinion, and the detailed reasons for that opinion, that the child is a person:
(A)  with mental illness or who demonstrates symptoms of a serious emotional disorder; and
(B)  who presents a risk of serious harm to self or others if not immediately restrained or hospitalized; and
(8)  state any reason that the petitioner is unable to obtain signed, written documentation from a parent, conservator, or guardian of the child.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 988 (S.B. 1238), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.