Title 3 › Chapter 55 › Subchapter B

Texas Family Code § 55.17

Mental Health Services Not Ordered; Dissolution of Stay

Proceedings Concerning Children with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability · Court-Ordered Mental Health Services for Child with Mental Illness

(a) If the court to which a child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) does not order temporary or extended mental health services for the child, the court shall immediately notify in writing the referring juvenile court of the court's decision.

(b) If the juvenile court does not order temporary or extended mental health services for the child or if the juvenile court receives notice under Subsection (a) from the court to which the child's case is referred, the juvenile court shall dissolve the stay and continue the juvenile court proceedings.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1166 (S.B. 1585), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.

This section refers to

§ 55.12