Texas Family Code Title 3, Chapter 53 - Proceedings Prior To Judicial Proceedings

• Texas Section 53.01 - Preliminary Investigation And Determinations; Notice To Parents
  (a) On referral of a person believed to be a child or on referral of the person's case to the office or official designated by...
• Texas Section 53.012 - Review By Prosecutor
  (a) The prosecuting attorney shall promptly review the circumstances and allegations of a referral made under Section 53.01 for legal sufficiency and the desirability of...
• Texas Section 53.013 - Progressive Sanctions Program
  Each juvenile board may adopt a progressive sanctions program using the model for progressive sanctions in Chapter 59. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 53.02 - Release From Detention
  (a) If a child is brought before the court or delivered to a detention facility as authorized by Sections 51.12(a)(3) and (4), the intake or...
• Texas Section 53.03 - Deferred Prosecution
  (a) Subject to Subsections (e) and (g), if the preliminary investigation required by Section 53.01 of this code results in a determination that further proceedings...
• Texas Section 53.035 - Grand Jury Referral
  (a) The prosecuting attorney may, before filing a petition under Section 53.04, refer an offense to a grand jury in the county in which the...
• Texas Section 53.04 - Court Petition; Answer
  (a) If the preliminary investigation, required by Section 53.01 of this code results in a determination that further proceedings are authorized and warranted, a petition...
• Texas Section 53.045 - Offenses Eligible For Determinate Sentence
  Sec. 53.045. OFFENSES ELIGIBLE FOR DETERMINATE SENTENCE. Text of subsection effective until January 01, 2017 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the prosecuting attorney...
• Texas Section 53.05 - Time Set For Hearing
  (a) After the petition has been filed, the juvenile court shall set a time for the hearing. (b) The time set for the hearing shall...
• Texas Section 53.06 - Summons
  (a) The juvenile court shall direct issuance of a summons to: (1) the child named in the petition; (2) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian;...
• Texas Section 53.07 - Service Of Summons
  (a) If a person to be served with a summons is in this state and can be found, the summons shall be served upon him...
• Texas Section 53.08 - Writ Of Attachment
  (a) The juvenile court may issue a writ of attachment for a person who violates an order entered under Section 53.06(c). (b) A writ of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016