Tex. Fam. Code § 52.015 · Chapter 52. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE AND INCLUDING REFERRAL TO COURT
DIRECTIVE TO APPREHEND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On the request of a law-enforcement or probation officer, a juvenile court may issue a directive to apprehend a child if the court finds there is probable cause to take the child into custody under the provisions of this title.
(b) On the issuance of a directive to apprehend, any law-enforcement or probation officer shall take the child into custody.
(c) An order under this section is not subject to appeal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.52.htm
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