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Tex. Fam. Code § 51.073 — Transfer of probation supervision between counties: permanent supervision

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 51: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Texas Family Code.

Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 51.073

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Fam. Code § 51.073Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
(a) In this section: (1) "Receiving county" means the county to which a child on probation has moved or intends to move. (2) "Sending county" means the county that: (A) originally placed the child on probation; or (B) assumed permanent supervision of the child under an inter-county transfer of probation supervision. (b) On transfer of permanent supervision of a child under Section 51.072 (m) or (n), the juvenile court of the sending county shall order the juvenile probation department of the sending county to provide the juvenile probation department of the receiving county with the order of transfer. On receipt of the order of transfer, the juvenile probation department of the receiving county shall ensure that the order of transfer, the petition, the order of adjudication, the order of disposition, and the conditions of probation are filed with the clerk of the juvenile court of the receiving county. (c) The juvenile court of the receiving county shall require that the child be brought before the court in order to impose new or different conditions of probation than those originally ordered by the sending county or ordered by the receiving county during the period of interim supervision. The child shall be represented by counsel as provided by Section 51.10 . (d) Once permanent supervision is transferred to the juvenile probation department of the receiving county, the receiving county is fully responsible for selecting and imposing conditions of probation, providing supervision, modifying conditions of probation, and revoking probation. The sending county has no further jurisdiction over the child's case. (d-1) On the final transfer of a case involving a child who has been adjudicated as having committed an offense for which registration is required under Chapter 62 , Code of Criminal Procedure, the receiving county shall have jurisdiction to conduct a hearing under that chapter. This subsection does not prohibit the receiving county juvenile court from considering the written recommendations of the sending county juvenile court. (e) This section does not affect the sending county's jurisdiction over any new offense committed by the child in the sending county.

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