Tex. Family Code § 52.015
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 52.015, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 52.015. DIRECTIVE TO APPREHEND.
Official statutory text
(a) On the request of a law-enforcement or probation officer, a juvenile court may issue a directive to apprehend a child if the court finds there is probable cause to take the child into custody under the provisions of this title.
(b) On the issuance of a directive to apprehend, any law-enforcement or probation officer shall take the child into custody.
(c) An order under this section is not subject to appeal.
(b) On the issuance of a directive to apprehend, any law-enforcement or probation officer shall take the child into custody.
(c) An order under this section is not subject to appeal.
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