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Council flags attorney shortages in child‑protection cases; TIDC and OCA to track capacity and fee schedules
Summary
Crystal Lafpione of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission briefed the council on family‑protection representation and warned that attorney capacity and pay are pressing issues.
Crystal Lafpione of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission briefed the council on family‑protection representation (court‑appointed counsel in child‑protection cases) and warned that attorney capacity and pay are pressing issues.
Scope and data TIDC reported that in FY24 there were just over 28,000 children in conservatorship and roughly 9,000 legal removals (court orders placing a child in DFPS custody). These figures understate the total number of court‑involved children because court‑ordered services (families ordered to participate in services without legal removal) are not uniformly…
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