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Tex. Fam. Code § 54.041 (2026)

Orders Affecting Parents And Others

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Sec. 54.041. ORDERS AFFECTING PARENTS AND OTHERS.

(a) When a child has been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision and the juvenile court has made a finding that the child is in need of rehabilitation or that the protection of the public or the child requires that disposition be made, the juvenile court, on notice by any reasonable method to all persons affected, may:

(1) order any person found by the juvenile court to have, by a wilful act or omission, contributed to, caused, or encouraged the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision to do any act that the juvenile court determines to be reasonable and necessary for the welfare of the child or to refrain from doing any act that the juvenile court determines to be injurious to the welfare of the child;

(2) enjoin all contact between the child and a person who is found to be a contributing cause of the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision; or

(3) after notice and a hearing of all persons affected order any person living in the same household with the child to participate in social or psychological counseling to assist in the rehabilitation of the child and to strengthen the child's family environment.

(b) If a child is found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision arising from the commission of an offense in which property damage or loss or personal injury occurred, the juvenile court, on notice to all persons affected and on hearing, may order the child or a parent to make full or partial restitution to the victim of the offense. The program of restitution must promote the rehabilitation of the child, be appropriate to the age and physical, emotional, and mental abilities of the child, and not conflict with the child's schooling. When practicable and subject to court supervision, the court may approve a restitution program based on a settlement between the child and the victim of the offense. An order under this subsection may provide for periodic payments by the child or a parent of the child for the period specified in the order but except as provided by Subsection (h), that period may not extend past the date of the 18th birthday of the child or past the date the child is no longer enrolled in an accredited secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma, whichever date is later.

(c) Restitution under this section is cumulative of any other remedy allowed by law and may be used in addition to other remedies; except that a victim of an offense is not entitled to receive more than actual damages under a juvenile court order.

(d) A person subject to an order proposed under Subsection (a) of this section is entitled to a hearing on the order before the order is entered by the court.

(e) An order made under this section may be enforced as provided by Section 54.07 of this code.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 , Sec. 41(3), eff. September 1, 2015.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 , Sec. 41(3), eff. September 1, 2015.

(h) If the juvenile court places the child on probation in a determinate sentence proceeding initiated under Section 53.045 and transfers supervision on the child's 19th birthday to a district court for placement on community supervision, the district court shall require the payment of any unpaid restitution as a condition of the community supervision. The liability of the child's parent for restitution may not be extended by transfer to a district court for supervision.

Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2157, ch. 693, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 338, ch. 154, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 528, ch. 110, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3262, ch. 565, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1170, Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 39, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1514, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 438 (S.B. 1208), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 41(3), eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 472 (S.B. 41), Sec. 4.03, eff. January 1, 2022.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases, 1981–2019 · leading case: In re D. M., 191 S.W.3d 381 (Tex. App. 2006).
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In re D. M., 191 S.W.3d 381 (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 12× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (West Supp.”
In Re Dm, 191 S.W.3d 381 (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 12× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (West Supp.”
In re J.R., 907 S.W.2d 107 (Tex. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 54.041 (West 1986). The Family Code limits the amount of restitution ordered to the victim’s actual damages.”
Gonzalez v. State, 954 S.W.2d 98 (Tex. App. 1997). “2d at 861 (quoting Tex. Fam.Code ANN. § 54.041(b) (Vernon 1986)).”
In the Matter of J.R.C.S., a Juv., 393 S.W.3d 903 (Tex. App. 2012). “See Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 54.041(g). J.R.C.S. argues that his parents "couldn’t be more different” than the parents in In re D.”
A. F. D., in Re, 628 S.W.2d 87 (Tex. App. 1981). · cites it 3× “While Tex. Family Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (Supp.”
In re M.S., 985 S.W.2d 278 (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (Vernon 1996).”
Matter of M_____ H______, 662 S.W.2d 764 (Tex. App. 1983). “NOTES [1] It should be noted that under Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 54.041 (Vernon Supp.1982), the trial court could have ordered the child's parents to make restitution.”
Alaniz v. State, 2 S.W.3d 451 (Tex. App. 1999). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 54.041 (Vernon 1996) 2 ; In re D.”
in the Matter of C.T., Juv., 43 S.W.3d 600 (Tex. App. 2001). “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b)(Vernon Supp.”
In the Matter of DS, 921 S.W.2d 860 (Tex. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “appeals, claiming the trial court erred in granting restitution in violation of Texas Family Code section 54.041. We agree.”
Matter of JR, 907 S.W.2d 107 (Tex. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 54.041 (West 1986). The Family Code limits the amount of restitution ordered to the victim's actual damages.”
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— Tex. Fam. Code § 54.041(b) — 12 cases
In re D. M., 191 S.W.3d 381 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (West Supp.”
Gonzalez v. State, 954 S.W.2d 98 (Tex. App. 1997). “2d at 861 (quoting Tex. Fam.Code ANN. § 54.041(b) (Vernon 1986)).”
In re J.R., 907 S.W.2d 107 (Tex. App. 1995). “Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 54.041 (West 1986). The Family Code limits the amount of restitution ordered to the victim’s actual damages.”
In Re Dm, 191 S.W.3d 381 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (West Supp.”
A. F. D., in Re, 628 S.W.2d 87 (Tex. App. 1981). “While Tex. Family Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (Supp.”
— Tex. Fam. Code § 54.041(c) — 2 cases
In Re Ms, 985 S.W.2d 278 (Tex. App. 1999).
in the Interest of L.L., a Child (Tex. App. 2019).
— Tex. Fam. Code § 54.041(g) — 3 cases
In re D. M., 191 S.W.3d 381 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (West Supp.”
In the Matter of J.R.C.S., a Juv., 393 S.W.3d 903 (Tex. App. 2012). “See Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 54.041(g). J.R.C.S. argues that his parents "couldn’t be more different” than the parents in In re D.”
In Re Dm, 191 S.W.3d 381 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 54.041 (b) (West Supp.”
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