Texas Family Code
§ 65.253 — PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
FA § 65.253Title 3A. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS · Ch. 65. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS · Art. F. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS
Statute text
View on source(a)A truancy court may enforce the following orders by contempt:
(1)an order that a parent of a child, guardian of a child, or any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child attend an adjudication hearing under Section 65.062(b);
(2)an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105(a);
(3)an order that a child's parent, or other person responsible to support the child, reimburse the municipality or county for the cost of the guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 65.061(c); and
(4)an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107.
(b)A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court.
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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.