Texas § FA.51.0412 - JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE PROCEEDINGS
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § FA.51.0412 — JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE PROCEEDINGS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ FA.51.0412. JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE PROCEEDINGS
JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE PROCEEDINGS. The court retains jurisdiction over a person, without regard to the age of the person, who is a respondent in an adjudication proceeding, a disposition proceeding, a proceeding to modify disposition, a proceeding for waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to criminal court under Section 54.02 (a), or a motion for transfer of determinate sentence probation to an appropriate district court if: (1) the petition or motion was filed while the respondent was younger than 18 or 19 years of age, as applicable; (2) the proceeding is not complete before the respondent becomes 18 or 19 years of age, as applicable; and (3) the court enters a finding in the proceeding that the prosecuting attorney exercised due diligence in an attempt to complete the proceeding before the respondent became 18 or 19 years of age, as applicable. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 2884 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 438 (S.B. 1208 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1299 (H.B. 2862 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.
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Section FA.51.0412 ("JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE PROCEEDINGS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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