Tex. Fam. Code § 65.153 · Subchapter D. APPEAL
COUNSEL ON APPEAL.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A child may be represented by counsel on appeal.
(b) If the child and the child's parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem request an appeal, the attorney who represented the child before the truancy court, if any, shall file a notice of appeal with the court that will hear the appeal and inform that court whether that attorney will handle the appeal.
(c) An appeal serves to vacate the order of the truancy court.
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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