Texas § FA.65.253 - PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
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§ FA.65.253. PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. (a) A truancy court may enforce the following orders by contempt: (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); (2) an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105 (a); (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 (4) an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107 . (b) A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court. (c) The penalty for a finding of contempt under Subsection (a) or (b) is a fine in an amount not to exceed $100. (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: (1) confinement in jail for a maximum of three days; (2) a maximum of 40 hours of community service; or (3) both confinement and community service. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398 ), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.
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