Tex. Fam. Code § 61.002 · Subchapter A. ENTRY OF ORDERS AGAINST PARENTS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSONS
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter applies to a proceeding to enter a juvenile court order:
(1) for restitution under Sections 54.041(b) and 54.048;
(2) for community service under Section 54.044(b);
(3) requiring the person to refrain from doing any act injurious to the welfare of the child under Section 54.041(a)(1);
(4) enjoining contact between the person and the child who is the subject of a proceeding under Section 54.041(a)(2);
(5) ordering a person living in the same household with the child to participate in counseling under Section 54.041(a)(3);
(6) requiring a parent or other eligible person to attend a court hearing under Section 51.115;
(7) requiring a parent or other eligible person to act or refrain from acting to aid the child in complying with conditions of release from detention under Section 54.01(r); or
(8) requiring a parent or other eligible person to act or refrain from acting under any law imposing an obligation of action or omission on a parent or other eligible person because of the parent's or person's relation to the child who is the subject of a proceeding under this title.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1209 (S.B. 727), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (S.B. 407), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 472 (S.B. 41), Sec. 4.04, eff. January 1, 2022.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.
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.61.htm
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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.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 51.115ATTENDANCE AT HEARING: PARENT OR OTHER GUARDIAN.Printed as Section 51.115
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.01DETENTION HEARING.Printed as Section 54.01(r)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.041ORDERS AFFECTING PARENTS AND OTHERS.Printed as Section 54.041(a)(1) | Section 54.041(a)(2) | Section 54.041(a)(3) | Sections 54.041(b) and 54.048
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.044COMMUNITY SERVICE.Printed as Section 54.044(b)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.048RESTITUTION.Printed as Sections 54.041(b) and 54.048
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