Tex. Family Code § 65.253
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§ 65.253. PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Official statutory text
(a) A truancy court may enforce the following orders by contempt:
(1) an order that a parent of a child, guardian of a child, or any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child attend an adjudication hearing under Section 65.062(b);
(2) an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105(a);
(3) an order that a child's parent, or other person responsible to support the child, reimburse the municipality or county for the cost of the guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 65.061(c); and
(4) an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107.
(b) A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court.
(c) The penalty for a finding of contempt under Subsection (a) or (b) is a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.
(d) In addition to the assessment of a fine under Subsection (c), direct contempt of the truancy court by a parent or person other than the child is punishable by:
(1) confinement in jail for a maximum of three days;
(2) a maximum of 40 hours of community service; or
(3) both confinement and community service.
(1) an order that a parent of a child, guardian of a child, or any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child attend an adjudication hearing under Section 65.062(b);
(2) an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105(a);
(3) an order that a child's parent, or other person responsible to support the child, reimburse the municipality or county for the cost of the guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 65.061(c); and
(4) an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107.
(b) A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court.
(c) The penalty for a finding of contempt under Subsection (a) or (b) is a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.
(d) In addition to the assessment of a fine under Subsection (c), direct contempt of the truancy court by a parent or person other than the child is punishable by:
(1) confinement in jail for a maximum of three days;
(2) a maximum of 40 hours of community service; or
(3) both confinement and community service.
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