Tex. Fam. Code § 61.004 · Subchapter A. ENTRY OF ORDERS AGAINST PARENTS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSONS
APPEAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The parent or other eligible person against whom a final juvenile court order has been entered may appeal as provided by law from judgments entered in civil cases.
(b) The movant may appeal from a judgment denying requested relief regarding a juvenile court order as provided by law from judgments entered in civil cases.
(c) The pendency of an appeal initiated under this section does not abate or otherwise affect the proceedings in juvenile court involving the child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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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