{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-104.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 104.002","heading":"PRERECORDED STATEMENT OF CHILD.","body":"If a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged in a suit under this title to have been abused, the recording of an oral statement of the child recorded prior to the proceeding is admissible into evidence if:\n(1) no attorney for a party was present when the statement was made;\n(2) the recording is both visual and aural and is recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means;\n(3) the recording equipment was capable of making an accurate recording, the operator was competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been altered;\n(4) the statement was not made in response to questioning calculated to lead the child to make a particular statement;\n(5) each voice on the recording is identified;\n(6) the person conducting the interview of the child in the recording is present at the proceeding and available to testify or be cross-examined by either party; and\n(7) each party is afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is offered into evidence.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 104. EVIDENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.104.htm#104.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"15ceaeba5ccdb064200d89ae793bc606ef3d2db61d320a4b0379b54ae669d7f6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-104.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-104.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}