Section 54.10 – Hearings Before Referee

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a hearing under Section 54.03, 54.04, or 54.05, including a jury trial, a hearing under Chapter 55, including a jury trial, or a hearing under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles (Chapter 60) may be held by a referee...

Section 54.09 – Recording Of Proceedings

All judicial proceedings under this chapter except detention hearings shall be recorded by stenographic notes or by electronic, mechanical, or other appropriate means. Upon request of any party, a detention hearing shall be recorded.Tex. Fam. Code ยง 54.09 Acts 1973,...

Section 54.08 – Public Access To Court Hearings

(a) Except as provided by this section, the court shall open hearings under this title to the public unless the court, for good cause shown, determines that the public should be excluded.(b) The court may not prohibit a person who is a victim of the conduct of a...

Section 54.07 – Enforcement Of Order

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or a juvenile court child support order, any order of the juvenile court may be enforced as provided by Chapter 61.(b) A violation of any of the following orders of the juvenile court may not be enforced by contempt of court...

Section 54.061 – Payment Of Probation Fees

(a) If a child is placed on probation under Section 54.04(d)(1) of this code, the juvenile court, after giving the child, parent, or other person responsible for the child’s support a reasonable opportunity to be heard, shall order the child, parent, or other...

Section 54.06 – Judgments For Support

(a) At any stage of the proceeding, when a child has been placed outside the child’s home, the juvenile court, after giving the parent or other person responsible for the child’s support a reasonable opportunity to be heard, shall order the parent or other...