{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.062","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 65.062","heading":"ATTENDANCE AT HEARING.","body":"(a) The child must be personally present at the adjudication hearing. The truancy court may not proceed with the adjudication hearing in the absence of the child.\n(b) A parent or guardian of a child and any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child is required to attend the adjudication hearing.\n(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to:\n(1) a person for whom, for good cause shown, the court excuses attendance;\n(2) a person who is not a resident of this state; or\n(3) a parent of a child for whom a managing conservator has been appointed and the parent is not a conservator of the child.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 3A. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 65. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS","SUBCHAPTER B. INITIAL PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.65.htm#65.062","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"6f102e42633a1dd6dc601f14f06a29479c80cf8aee0f26fb06f377b7c6dd0050","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.061","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.063"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}