Texas Family Code

§ 51.045 — JURIES IN COUNTY COURTS AT LAW

FA § 51.045Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

If a provision of this title requires a jury of 12 persons, that provision prevails over any other law that limits the number of members of a jury in a particular county court at law. The state and the defense are entitled to the same number of peremptory challenges allowed in a district court.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 385, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.