Texas Family Code

§ 53.04 — COURT PETITION; ANSWER

FA § 53.04Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 53. PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Statute text

(a)If the preliminary investigation, required by Section 53.01 of this code results in a determination that further proceedings are authorized and warranted, a petition for an adjudication or transfer hearing of a child alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision may be made as promptly as practicable by a prosecuting attorney who has knowledge of the facts alleged or is informed and believes that they are true.

(b)The proceedings shall be styled "In the matter of ______________."

(c)The petition may be on information and belief.

(d)The petition must state:

(1)with reasonable particularity the time, place, and manner of the acts alleged and the penal law or standard of conduct allegedly violated by the acts;

(2)the name, age, and residence address, if known, of the child who is the subject of the petition;

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Legislative history

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1460, ch. 544, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1973. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 25, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.