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Chapter 53
Proceedings Prior to Judicial Proceedings

Sections

53.01
Preliminary Investigation and Determinations; Notice to Parents
53.02
Release from Detention
53.03
Deferred Prosecution
53.04
Court Petition; Answer
53.05
Time Set for Hearing
53.06
Summons
53.07
Service of Summons
53.08
Writ of Attachment
53.011
Services Provided to Certain Children and Families
53.012
Review by Prosecutor
53.013
Progressive Sanctions Program
53.035
Grand Jury Referral
53.045
Offenses Eligible for Determinate Sentence
 



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Blank Outline Levels

The legislature occasionally skips outline levels. For example:

(3) A person may apply [...]
(4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...]

In this example, (3), (4), and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but (4) was omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've decided to display a blank section with this note, in order to aide readability.

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