Judge orders service plans, keeps DFPS as temporary managing conservator in Cumpian children case

At a status hearing in Palmer County District Court the presiding judge continued the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) as temporary managing conservator for three Cumpian children and ordered parents' service plans entered as orders of the court. The judge also found a continuing danger to returning the children home and set the next permanency hearing for Nov. 12, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

The court said the department had taken steps since the July 9 recess, including filing ICPCs to place three children with a relative in Florida and setting up virtual visitation. The judge explained a pending change in state law effective Sept. 1 that will alter when failure to work service plans may be used as a basis for termination and admonished parents about the near-term significance of the current…