of a child, namely when “the child [is] in imminent danger of physical or emotional harm and immediate action [is] necessary to protect the child.” McElreath, 545 S.W.2d at 958; see also Whatley, 649 S.W.2d at 299; Forbes, 598 S.W.2d at 232; In re Lau, 89 S.W.3d at 759 (acknowledging that “[t]he Texas Supreme Court has defined ‘serious immediate question’ to mean imminent danger of physical or emotional harm that requires immediate action to protect the child”). The standard is the same for the issuance of a temporary custody order. See McElreath, 545 S.W.2d at 958. A judge who issues an order transferring the possession and temporary custody of a child without making the necessary factual findings acts without authority and the orders are invalid. See Whatley, 649 S.W.2d at 299-300 (<HOLDING>). Here, as in Whatley, the trial court removed
holding care custody and control of children is a fundamental right holding that the uccja applied to a california child custody order granting temporary custody of two children to their father holding that the failure to attach a custody order was not reversible error because there was no showing of prejudice where there was no indication that the respondent was unaware of the placement or custody of the children at any time the motion to terminate stated that dss was given legal custody of the minor children and the record included a copy of an order in effect when the motion was filed that awarded dss custody of the children holding order awarding grandparents temporary custody of children invalid when order did not include fact finding of serious immediate question concerning welfare of the children court was not presented with record of hearing and application for habeas corpus made no allegation of serious immediate question concerning welfare of children holding that temporary order amounted to order modifying custody of children because language changed custody for an indefinite period