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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 65.015: PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURT HEARINGS.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 3A. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS
  3. CHAPTER 65. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS
  4. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a truancy court shall open a hearing under this chapter to the public unless the court, for good cause shown, determines that the public should be excluded.

(b) The court may prohibit a person from personally attending a hearing if the person is expected to testify at the hearing and the court determines that the person's testimony would be materially affected if the person hears other testimony at the hearing.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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