Tex. Fam. Code § 65.202 · Subchapter E. RECORDS
CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Records and files created under this chapter may be disclosed only to:
(1) the judge of the truancy court, the truant conduct prosecutor, and the staff of the judge and prosecutor;
(2) the child or an attorney for the child;
(3) a governmental agency if the disclosure is required or authorized by law;
(4) a person or entity to whom the child is referred for treatment or services if the agency or institution disclosing the information has entered into a written confidentiality agreement with the person or entity regarding the protection of the disclosed information;
(5) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for the purpose of maintaining statistical records of recidivism and for diagnosis and classification;
(6) the agency; or
(7) with leave of the truancy court, any other person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in the proceeding or in the work of the 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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- 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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