Texas Family Code

§ 65.105 — ORDERS AFFECTING PARENTS AND OTHERS

FA § 65.105Title 3A. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS · Ch. 65. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS · Art. C. ADJUDICATION HEARING AND REMEDIES

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(a)If a child has been found to have engaged in truant conduct, the truancy court may:

(1)order the child and the child's parent to attend a class for students at risk of dropping out of school that is designed for both the child and the child's parent;

(2)order any person found by the court to have, by a wilful act or omission, contributed to, caused, or encouraged the child's truant conduct to do any act that the court determines to be reasonable and necessary for the welfare of the child or to refrain from doing any act that the court determines to be injurious to the child's welfare;

(3)enjoin all contact between the child and a person who is found to be a contributing cause of the child's truant conduct, unless that person is related to the child within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, in which case the court may contact the Department of Family and Protective Services, if necessary;

(4)after notice to, and a hearing with, all persons affected, order any person living in the same household with the child to participate in social or psychological counseling to assist in the child's rehabilitation;

(5)order the child's parent or other person responsible for the child's support to pay all or part of the reasonable costs of treatment programs in which the child is ordered to participate if the court finds the child's parent or person responsible for the child's support is able to pay the costs;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.