Texas Family Code - Section 54.045. Admission Of Unadjudicated Conduct
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§ 54.045. ADMISSION OF UNADJUDICATED CONDUCT. (a) During
a disposition hearing under Section 54.04, a child may:
(1) admit having engaged in delinquent conduct or
conduct indicating a need for supervision for which the child has
not been adjudicated; and
(2) request the court to take the admitted conduct
into account in the disposition of the child.
(b) If the prosecuting attorney agrees in writing, the court
may take the admitted conduct into account in the disposition of the
child.
(c) A court may take into account admitted conduct over
which exclusive venue lies in another county only if the court
obtains the written permission of the prosecuting attorney for that
county.
(d) A child may not be adjudicated by any court for having
engaged in conduct taken into account under this section, except
that, if the conduct taken into account included conduct over which
exclusive venue lies in another county and the written permission
of the prosecuting attorney of that county was not obtained, the
child may be adjudicated for that conduct, but the child's
admission under this section may not be used against the child in
the adjudication.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, § 41, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Section: 54.0407 54.0408 54.041 54.0411 54.042 54.043 54.044 54.045 54.046 54.0461 54.047 54.048 54.049 54.05 54.051
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