Texas Family Code

§ 54.044 — COMMUNITY SERVICE

FA § 54.044Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 54. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Statute text

(a)If the court places a child on probation under Section 54.04(d), the court shall require as a condition of probation that the child work a specified number of hours at a community service project approved by the court and designated by the juvenile probation department as provided by Subsection (e), unless the court determines and enters a finding on the order placing the child on probation that:

(1)the child is physically or mentally incapable of participating in the project;

(2)participating in the project will be a hardship on the child or the family of the child; or

(3)the child has shown good cause that community service should not be required.

(b)The court may also order under this section that the child's parent perform community service with the child.

(c)The court shall order that the child and the child's parent perform a total of not more than 500 hours of community service under this section.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 41, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1358, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.