Tex. Fam. Code § 57.005 · Chapter 57. RIGHTS OF VICTIMS
LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a juvenile board, a court, a person appointed by a court, an attorney for the state, a peace officer, or a law enforcement agency is not liable for a failure or inability to provide a right listed under Section 57.002.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 633, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 59, eff. September 1, 2015.
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.57.htm
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