Tex. Fam. Code § 51.102 · Chapter 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL PLAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The juvenile board in each county shall adopt a plan that:
(1) specifies the qualifications necessary for an attorney to be included on an appointment list from which attorneys are appointed to represent children in proceedings under this title; and
(2) establishes the procedures for:
(A) including attorneys on the appointment list and removing attorneys from the list; and
(B) appointing attorneys from the appointment list to individual cases.
(b) A plan adopted under Subsection (a) must:
(1) to the extent practicable, comply with the requirements of Article 26.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that:
(A) the income and assets of the child's parent or other person responsible for the child's support must be used in determining whether the child is indigent; and
(B) any alternative plan for appointing counsel is established by the juvenile board in the county; and
(2) recognize the differences in qualifications and experience necessary for appointments to cases in which:
(A) the allegation is:
(i) conduct indicating a need for supervision or delinquent conduct, and commitment to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is not an authorized disposition; or
(ii) delinquent conduct, and commitment to the department without a determinate sentence is an authorized disposition; or
(B) determinate sentence proceedings have been initiated or proceedings for discretionary transfer to criminal court have been initiated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 906, Sec. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. Renumbered from Sec. 51.101 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(51), eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Renumbered from Sec. 51.101 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 43, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.51.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 7939164114cab7c1af59888cc87d113a1377e3bbe26ebbcb940e782191f68ca3
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 51.102. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.