Texas Child Protection Law Bench Book

Updated September 2025

J. Resources

Battered Women's Justice Project

•   Firearm Checklist for Judges

Center for the Study of Social Policy

•   Publications Library

Children's Commission

•   Domestic Violence in Child Welfare Cases: Best Practices for Judges and Attorneys Webinar

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

•   National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resources

•   Bench Card for the Trauma-Informed Judge

National Council on Juvenile and Family Court Judges Bench Cards:

•   Checklist to Promote Perpetrator Accountability in Dependency Cases Involving Domestic Violence

•   Navigating Custody & Visitation Evaluations in Cases with Domestic Violence: A Judge's Guide

•   Reasonable Efforts Checklist for Dependency Cases Involving Domestic Violence

•   A Judicial Checklist for Children and Youth Exposed to Violence

Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW):

•   Protective Factors for Survivors of Domestic Violence Issue Brief

•   Relational and Systemic Accountability for Persons Who Use Violence Issue Brief