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Tex. Family Code § 104.002

PRERECORDED STATEMENT OF CHILD

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Tex. Family Code § 104.002, PRERECORDED STATEMENT OF CHILD, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/643141
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If a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged in a suit under this title to have been abused, the recording of an oral statement of the child recorded prior to the proceeding is admissible into evidence if: (1) no attorney for a party was present when the statement was made; (2) the recording is both visual and aural and is recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means; (3) the recording equipment was capable of making an accurate recording, the operator was competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been altered; (4) the statement was not made in response to questioning calculated to lead the child to make a particular statement; (5) each voice on the recording is identified; (6) the person conducting the interview of the child in the recording is present at the proceeding and available to testify or be cross-examined by either party; and (7) each party is afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is offered into evidence.