Tex. Fam. Code Section 65.105
Orders Affecting Parents and Others


(a)

If a child has been found to have engaged in truant conduct, the truancy court may:

(1)

order the child and the child’s parent to attend a class for students at risk of dropping out of school that is designed for both the child and the child’s parent;

(2)

order any person found by the court to have, by a wilful act or omission, contributed to, caused, or encouraged the child’s truant conduct to do any act that the court determines to be reasonable and necessary for the welfare of the child or to refrain from doing any act that the court determines to be injurious to the child’s welfare;

(3)

enjoin all contact between the child and a person who is found to be a contributing cause of the child’s truant conduct, unless that person is related to the child within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, in which case the court may contact the Department of Family and Protective Services, if necessary;

(4)

after notice to, and a hearing with, all persons affected, order any person living in the same household with the child to participate in social or psychological counseling to assist in the child’s rehabilitation;

(5)

order the child’s parent or other person responsible for the child’s support to pay all or part of the reasonable costs of treatment programs in which the child is ordered to participate if the court finds the child’s parent or person responsible for the child’s support is able to pay the costs;

(6)

order the child’s parent to attend a program for parents of students with unexcused absences that provides instruction designed to assist those parents in identifying problems that contribute to the child’s unexcused absences and in developing strategies for resolving those problems; and

(7)

order the child’s parent to perform not more than 50 hours of community service with the child.

(b)

A person subject to an order proposed under Subsection (a) is entitled to a hearing before the order is entered by the court.

(c)

On a finding by the court that a child’s parents have made a reasonable good faith effort to prevent the child from engaging in truant conduct and that, despite the parents’ efforts, the child continues to engage in truant conduct, the court shall waive any requirement for community service that may be imposed on a parent under this section.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.

Source: Section 65.105 — Orders Affecting Parents and Others, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.­65.­htm#65.­105 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

65.001
Scope and Purpose
65.002
Definitions
65.003
Truant Conduct
65.004
Truancy Courts
65.005
Court Sessions
65.006
Venue
65.007
Right to Jury Trial
65.008
Waiver of Rights
65.009
Effect of Adjudication
65.010
Burden of Proof
65.011
Applicable Statutes Regarding Discovery
65.012
Procedural Rules
65.013
Interpreters
65.014
Signatures
65.015
Public Access to Court Hearings
65.016
Recording of Proceedings
65.017
Juvenile Case Managers
65.051
Initial Referral to Truancy Court
65.052
Truant Conduct Prosecutor
65.053
Review by Prosecutor
65.054
State’s Petition
65.055
Limitations Period
65.056
Hearing Date
65.057
Summons
65.058
Service of Summons
65.059
Representation by Attorney
65.060
Child’s Answer
65.061
Guardian Ad Litem
65.062
Attendance at Hearing
65.063
Right to Reemployment
65.064
Subpoena of Witness
65.065
Child Alleged to Be Mentally Ill
65.101
Adjudication Hearing
65.102
Remedial Actions
65.103
Remedial Order
65.104
Maximum Time Remedial Order Is Effective
65.105
Orders Affecting Parents and Others
65.106
Liability for Claims Arising from Community Service
65.107
Court Cost
65.108
Hearing to Modify Remedy
65.109
Motion for New Trial
65.151
Right to Appeal
65.152
Governing Law
65.153
Counsel on Appeal
65.201
Sealing of Records
65.202
Confidentiality of Records
65.203
Destruction of Certain Records
65.251
Failure to Obey Truancy Court Order
65.252
Proceedings in Juvenile Court
65.253
Parent or Other Person in Contempt of Court
65.254
Writ of Attachment
65.255
Entry of Truancy Court Order Against Parent or Other Eligible Person
65.256
Appeal
65.257
Motion for Enforcement
65.258
Notice and Appearance
65.259
Conduct of Enforcement Hearing

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 65.105’s source at texas​.gov