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Tex. Fam. Code § 51.13 — Effect of adjudication or disposition
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 51: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 51.13
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.
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), an order of adjudication or disposition in a proceeding under this title is not a conviction of crime. Except as provided by Chapter 841 , Health and Safety Code, an order of adjudication or disposition does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment. (b) The adjudication or disposition of a child or evidence adduced in a hearing under this title may be used only in subsequent: (1) proceedings under this title in which the child is a party; (2) sentencing proceedings in criminal court against the child to the extent permitted by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965; or (3) civil commitment proceedings under Chapter 841 , Health and Safety Code. (c) A child may not be committed or transferred to a penal institution or other facility used primarily for the execution of sentences of persons convicted of crime, except: (1) for temporary detention in a jail or lockup pending juvenile court hearing or disposition under conditions meeting the requirements of Section 51.12 ; (2) after transfer for prosecution in criminal court under Section 54.02 , unless the juvenile court orders the detention of the child in a certified juvenile detention facility under Section 54.02 (h); (3) after transfer from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 245.151 (c), Human Resources Code; or (4) after transfer from a post-adjudication secure correctional facility, as that term is defined by Section 54.04011. (d) An adjudication under Section 54.03 that a child engaged in conduct that occurred on or after January 1, 1996, and that constitutes a felony offense resulting in commitment to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 54.04 (d)(2), (d)(3), or (m) or 54.05 (f) or commitment to a post-adjudication secure correctional facility under Section 54.04011 for conduct that occurred on or after December 1, 2013, is a final felony conviction only for the purposes of Sections 12.42 (a), (b), and (c)(1) or Section 12.425 , Penal Code. (e) A finding that a child engaged in conduct indicating a need for supervision as described by Section 51.03 (b)(6) is a conviction only for the purposes of Sections 43.261 (c) and (d), Penal Code.
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