Texas Family Code

§ 56.01 — RIGHT TO APPEAL

FA § 56.01Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 56. APPEAL

Statute text

(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), an appeal from an order of a juvenile court is to a court of appeals and the case may be carried to the Texas Supreme Court by writ of error or upon certificate, as in civil cases generally.

(b)The requirements governing an appeal are as in civil cases generally. When an appeal is sought by filing a notice of appeal, security for costs of appeal, or an affidavit of inability to pay the costs of appeal, and the filing is made in a timely fashion after the date the disposition order is signed, the appeal must include the juvenile court adjudication and all rulings contributing to that adjudication. An appeal of the adjudication may be sought notwithstanding that the adjudication order was signed more than 30 days before the date the notice of appeal, security for costs of appeal, or affidavit of inability to pay the costs of appeal was filed. (b-1) A motion for new trial seeking to vacate an adjudication is:

(1)timely if the motion is filed not later than the 30th day after the date on which the disposition order is signed; and

(2)governed by Rule 21, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.

(c)An appeal may be taken:

(1)except as provided by Subsection (n), by or on behalf of a child from an order entered under:

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.059, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 642 (H.B. 1688), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 74 (S.B. 888), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 27(a)(8), eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1727), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2023.