§ 65.253 Parent or Other Person in Contempt of Court

A truancy court may enforce the following orders by contempt:

an order that a parent of a child, guardian of a child, or any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child attend an adjudication hearing under Section 65.062(b);

an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105(a);

an order that a child’s parent, or other person responsible to support the child, reimburse the municipality or county for the cost of the guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 65.061(c); and

an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107.

A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court.

The penalty for a finding of contempt under Subsection (a) or (b) is a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.

In addition to the assessment of a fine under Subsection (c), direct contempt of the truancy court by a parent or person other than the child is punishable by:

confinement in jail for a maximum of three days;

a maximum of 40 hours of community service; or

both confinement and community service.