{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 65.153","heading":"COUNSEL ON APPEAL.","body":"(a) A child may be represented by counsel on appeal.\n(b) If the child and the child's parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem request an appeal, the attorney who represented the child before the truancy court, if any, shall file a notice of appeal with the court that will hear the appeal and inform that court whether that attorney will handle the appeal.\n(c) An appeal serves to vacate the order of the truancy court.\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 D. APPEAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.65.htm#65.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"881f6ca2fcebfcc563d3a64189e7b0e25c47a08531a585690bc8d5b8d4291b6b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}