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Tex. Fam. Code § 65.001 (2026)

Scope And Purpose

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Sec. 65.001. SCOPE AND PURPOSE. (a) This chapter details the procedures and proceedings in cases involving allegations of truant conduct.

(b) The purpose of this chapter is to encourage school attendance by creating simple civil judicial procedures through which children are held accountable for excessive school absences.

(c) The best interest of the child is the primary consideration in adjudicating truant conduct of the child.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2018 · leading case: Roach v. Ingram, 557 S.W.3d 203 (2018).
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Roach v. Ingram, 557 S.W.3d 203 (2018). “Laws 3224 , 3236-3249 (codified at Tex. Fam. Code §§ 65.001 -.259). See Act of May 30, 2015, 84th Leg.”
El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Michael McIntyre & Laura McIntyre, Individually & on Behalf of Their Minor Child., K. M., L. M., C. M., M. M., & L. M. (Tex. App. 2018). “LAWS at 3235 (amending by adding TEX.FAM.CODE § 65.001 et. seq.). “An adjudication of a child as having engaged in truant conduct is not a conviction of crime.”
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