{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 65.253","heading":"PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.","body":"(a) A truancy court may enforce the following orders by contempt:\n(1) an order that a parent of a child, guardian of a child, or any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child attend an adjudication hearing under Section 65.062(b);\n(2) an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105(a);\n(3) an order that a child's parent, or other person responsible to support the child, reimburse the municipality or county for the cost of the guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 65.061(c); and\n(4) an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107.\n(b) A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court.\n(c) The penalty for a finding of contempt under Subsection (a) or (b) is a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.\n(d) In addition to the assessment of a fine under Subsection (c), direct contempt of the truancy court by a parent or person other than the child is punishable by:\n(1) confinement in jail for a maximum of three days;\n(2) a maximum of 40 hours of community service; or\n(3) both confinement and community service.\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 F. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.65.htm#65.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"ec146710df8bf771d9089e0b026e8ccffa166ca8beba5eb83a448c01f3dcbe36","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-65.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}