Texas Family Code Title 3, Chapter 55 - Proceedings Concerning Children With Mental Illness Or Intellectual Disability

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 55.01 - Meaning Of "Having A Mental Illness"
  For purposes of this chapter, a child who is described as having a mental illness means a child with a mental illness as defined by...
• Texas Section 55.02 - Mental Health And Intellectual Disability Jurisdiction
  For the purpose of initiating proceedings to order mental health or intellectual disability services for a child or for commitment of a child as provided...

SUBCHAPTER B CHILD WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

• Texas Section 55.03 - Standards Of Care
  (a) Except as provided by this chapter, a child for whom inpatient mental health services is ordered by a court under this chapter shall be...
• Texas Section 55.11 - Mental Illness Determination; Examination
  (a) On a motion by a party, the juvenile court shall determine whether probable cause exists to believe that a child who is alleged by...
• Texas Section 55.12 - Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If, after considering all relevant information, the juvenile court determines that evidence exists to support a finding that a child has a mental illness and...
• Texas Section 55.13 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates proceedings for temporary or extended mental health services under Section 55.12(1), the prosecuting attorney or the attorney for the...
• Texas Section 55.14 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to the appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.12(2), the juvenile court...
• Texas Section 55.15 - Standards Of Care; Expiration Of Court Order For Mental Health Services
  If the juvenile court or a court to which the child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) orders mental health services for the child, the...
• Texas Section 55.16 - Order For Mental Health Services; Stay Of Proceedings
  (a) If the court to which the child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) orders temporary or extended inpatient mental health services for the child,...
• Texas Section 55.17 - Mental Health Services Not Ordered; Dissolution Of Stay
  (a) If the court to which a child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) does not order temporary or extended inpatient mental health services for...
• Texas Section 55.18 - Discharge From Mental Health Facility Before Reaching 18 Years Of Age
  If the child is discharged from the mental health facility before reaching 18 years of age, the juvenile court may: (1) dismiss the juvenile court...

SUBCHAPTER C CHILD UNFIT TO PROCEED AS A RESULT OF MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

• Texas Section 55.19 - Transfer To Criminal Court On 18th Birthday
  (a) The juvenile court shall transfer all pending proceedings from the juvenile court to a criminal court on the 18th birthday of a child for...
• Texas Section 55.31 - Unfitness To Proceed Determination; Examination
  (a) A child alleged by petition or found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision who as a result...
• Texas Section 55.32 - Hearing On Issue Of Fitness To Proceed
  (a) If the juvenile court determines that evidence exists to support a finding that a child is unfit to proceed as a result of mental...
• Texas Section 55.33 - Proceedings Following Finding Of Unfitness To Proceed
  (a) If the juvenile court or jury determines under Section 55.32 that a child is unfit to proceed with the juvenile court proceedings for delinquent...
• Texas Section 55.34 - Transportation To And From Facility
  (a) If the court issues a placement order under Section 55.33(a)(1), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child...
• Texas Section 55.35 - Information Required To Be Sent To Facility; Report To Court
  (a) If the juvenile court issues a placement order under Section 55.33(a), the court shall order the probation department to send copies of any information...
• Texas Section 55.36 - Report That Child Is Fit To Proceed; Hearing On Objection
  (a) If a report submitted under Section 55.35(b) states that a child is fit to proceed, the juvenile court shall find that the child is...
• Texas Section 55.37 - Report That Child Is Unfit To Proceed As A Result Of Mental Illness; Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If a report submitted under Section 55.35(b) states that a child is unfit to proceed as a result of mental illness and that the child...
• Texas Section 55.38 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.37(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for court-ordered mental...
• Texas Section 55.39 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.37(2), the juvenile court...
• Texas Section 55.40 - Report That Child Is Unfit To Proceed As A Result Of Intellectual Disability
  If a report submitted under Section 55.35(b) states that a child is unfit to proceed as a result of an intellectual disability and that the...
• Texas Section 55.41 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Children With Intellectual Disability
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.40(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for placement under...
• Texas Section 55.42 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Children With Intellectual Disability
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.40(2), the juvenile court...
• Texas Section 55.43 - Restoration Hearing
  (a) The prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court a motion for a restoration hearing concerning a child if: (1) the child is found...
• Texas Section 55.44 - Transfer To Criminal Court On 18th Birthday Of Child
  (a) The juvenile court shall transfer all pending proceedings from the juvenile court to a criminal court on the 18th birthday of a child for...

SUBCHAPTER D LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT AS A RESULT OF MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

• Texas Section 55.45 - Standards Of Care; Notice Of Release Or Furlough
  (a) If the juvenile court or a court to which the child's case is referred under Section 55.37(2) orders mental health services for the child,...
• Texas Section 55.51 - Lack Of Responsibility For Conduct Determination; Examination
  (a) A child alleged by petition to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision is not responsible for the conduct...
• Texas Section 55.52 - Proceedings Following Finding Of Lack Of Responsibility For Conduct
  (a) If the court or jury finds that a child is not responsible for the child's conduct under Section 55.51, the court shall: (1) if...
• Texas Section 55.53 - Transportation To And From Facility
  (a) If the court issues a placement order under Section 55.52(a)(1), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child...
• Texas Section 55.54 - Information Required To Be Sent To Facility; Report To Court
  (a) If the juvenile court issues a placement order under Section 55.52(a), the court shall order the probation department to send copies of any information...
• Texas Section 55.55 - Report That Child Does Not Have Mental Illness Or Intellectual Disability; Hearing On Objection
  (a) If a report submitted under Section 55.54(b) states that a child does not have a mental illness or an intellectual disability, the juvenile court...
• Texas Section 55.56 - Report That Child Has Mental Illness; Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If a report submitted under Section 55.54(b) states that a child has a mental illness and that the child meets the commitment criteria for civil...
• Texas Section 55.57 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.56(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for court-ordered mental...
• Texas Section 55.58 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.56(2), the juvenile court...
• Texas Section 55.59 - Report That Child Has Intellectual Disability; Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If a report submitted under Section 55.54(b) states that a child has an intellectual disability and that the child meets the commitment criteria for civil...
• Texas Section 55.60 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Children With Intellectual Disability
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.59(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for placement under...
• Texas Section 55.61 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Children With Intellectual Disability
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.59(2), the juvenile court...

Last modified: September 28, 2016