§ 65.062 Attendance at Hearing

The child must be personally present at the adjudication hearing. The truancy court may not proceed with the adjudication hearing in the absence of the child.

A parent or guardian of a child and any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child is required to attend the adjudication hearing.

Subsection (b) does not apply to:

a person for whom, for good cause shown, the court excuses attendance;

a person who is not a resident of this state; or

a parent of a child for whom a managing conservator has been appointed and the parent is not a conservator of the child.