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Tex. Family Code § 65.259

CONDUCT OF ENFORCEMENT HEARING

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Tex. Family Code § 65.259, CONDUCT OF ENFORCEMENT HEARING, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/642934
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(a) The movant must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person against whom enforcement is sought engaged in conduct constituting contempt of a reasonable and lawful court order as alleged in the motion for enforcement. (b) The person against whom enforcement is sought has a privilege not to be called as a witness or otherwise to incriminate himself or herself. (c) The truancy court shall conduct the enforcement hearing without a jury. (d) The truancy court shall include in the court's judgment: (1) findings for each violation alleged in the motion for enforcement; and (2) the punishment, if any, to be imposed. (e) If the person against whom enforcement is sought was not represented by counsel during any previous court proceeding involving a motion for enforcement, the person may, through counsel, raise any defense or affirmative defense to the proceeding that could have been asserted in the previous court proceeding that was not asserted because the person was not represented by counsel. (f) It is an affirmative defense to enforcement of a truancy court order under Section 65.253 that the court did not provide the parent or other eligible person with due process of law in the proceeding in which the court entered the order.