Tex. Family Code § 57.008
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 57.008, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 57.008. COURT ORDER FOR PROTECTION FROM JUVENILES.
Official statutory text
(a) A court may issue an order for protection from juveniles directed against a child to protect a victim of the child's conduct who, because of the victim's participation in the juvenile justice system, risks further harm by the child.
(b) In the order, the court may prohibit the child from doing specified acts or require the child to do specified acts necessary or appropriate to prevent or reduce the likelihood of further harm to the victim by the child.
(b) In the order, the court may prohibit the child from doing specified acts or require the child to do specified acts necessary or appropriate to prevent or reduce the likelihood of further harm to the victim by the child.
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