Texas Family Code
§ 51.101 — APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AND CONTINUATION OF REPRESENTATION
FA § 51.101Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)If an attorney is appointed under Section 54.01(b-1) or (d) to represent a child at the initial detention hearing and the child is detained, the attorney shall continue to represent the child until the case is terminated, the family retains an attorney, or a new attorney is appointed by the juvenile court. Release of the child from detention does not terminate the attorney's representation.
(b)If there is an initial detention hearing without an attorney and the child is detained, the attorney appointed under Section 51.10(c) shall continue to represent the child until the case is terminated, the family retains an attorney, or a new attorney is appointed by the juvenile court. Release of the child from detention does not terminate the attorney's representation.
(c)The juvenile court shall determine, on the filing of a petition, whether the child's family is indigent if:
(1)the child is released by intake;
(2)the child is released at the initial detention hearing; or
(3)the case was referred to the court without the child in custody.
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Legislative history
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 1318), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 42, eff. September 1, 2015.