{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-104.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 104.004","heading":"REMOTE TELEVISED BROADCAST OF TESTIMONY OF CHILD.","body":"(a) If in a suit a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged to have been abused, the court may, on the motion of a party to the proceeding, order that the testimony of the child be taken in a room other than the courtroom and be televised by closed-circuit equipment in the courtroom to be viewed by the court and the parties.\n(b) The procedures that apply to prerecorded videotaped testimony of a child apply to the remote broadcast of testimony of a child.\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#104.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"82a2bbea795b0b178e8410bf2a76297330ed6551be2795e124732615db5e286c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-104.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-104.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}