Tex. Fam. Code § 65.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A child alleged to have engaged in truant conduct is entitled to a jury trial.
(b) The number of jurors in a case involving an allegation of truant conduct is six. The state and the child are each entitled to three peremptory challenges.
(c) There is no jury fee for a trial under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 27, 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.65.htm
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- 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
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