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

Tex. Family Code § 65.151: RIGHT TO APPEAL.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 3A. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS
  3. CHAPTER 65. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS
  4. SUBCHAPTER D. APPEAL

(a) The child, the child's parent or guardian, or the state may appeal any order of a truancy court. A person subject to an order entered under Section 65.105 may appeal that order.

(b) An appeal from a truancy court shall be to a juvenile court. The case must be tried de novo in the juvenile court. This chapter applies to the de novo trial in the juvenile court. On appeal, the judgment of the truancy court is vacated.

(c) A judgment of a juvenile court in a trial conducted under Subsection (b) may be appealed in the same manner as an appeal under Chapter 56.

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

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