Tex. Family Code § 65.153
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 65.153, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 65.153. COUNSEL ON APPEAL.
Official statutory text
(a) A child may be represented by counsel on appeal.
(b) If the child and the child's parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem request an appeal, the attorney who represented the child before the truancy court, if any, shall file a notice of appeal with the court that will hear the appeal and inform that court whether that attorney will handle the appeal.
(c) An appeal serves to vacate the order of the truancy court.
(b) If the child and the child's parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem request an appeal, the attorney who represented the child before the truancy court, if any, shall file a notice of appeal with the court that will hear the appeal and inform that court whether that attorney will handle the appeal.
(c) An appeal serves to vacate the order of the truancy court.
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