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In Texas, individual counties provide services to all youth referred to the juvenile courts, and prosecute juvenile cases, either through their district or county attorney’s office. County juvenile probation departments handle most of the sanctions and therapeutic interventions the courts impose.
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In the Texas juvenile justice system, a juvenile is defined as a person who commits an offense between ages 10 and 16. If the juvenile is accused of running away, truancy, or a class C misdemeanor, the juvenile is usually sent to a Municipal Court or a Justice of the Peace Court.
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The Texas Juvenile Justice System — What You Need to Know The Texas juvenile justice system can be confusing and complicated if you are not familiar with the court process and how it works. This guide provides youth and their parents and guardians a basic understanding about the court process and procedures,
- Juvenile Boards and Probation Departments
- Juvenile Courts and Judges
- Juvenile Prosecuting Attorney
- Due Process in The Texas Juvenile Justice System
- Residential Facilities
- Predecessor Agencies
- Additional Resources
Each county in Texas has a juvenile board that is the governing body of the county’s juvenile probation department. Membership on the board typically includes all district and county court judges. The duties of the board include employing a chief probation officer, adopting a budget for juvenile services in the county, and controlling the condition...
The juvenile board in each county is responsible for designating at least one juvenile court in the county, which must be presided over by a district judge, county court-at-law judge, or county judge. The juvenile board may also appoint one or more “referees” to conduct juvenile hearings, including detention hearings, when a juvenile judge is unava...
The prosecution of juvenile cases falls to a designated prosecutor in each county. That person may be an assistant district attorney or an assistant county attorney. The juvenile prosecutor represents the State of Texas and is responsible for promptly reviewing the circumstances and allegations of every juvenile case that is referred to juvenile co...
When a juvenile is taken into custody, he must be delivered “without unnecessary delay” to a juvenile processing office. His parent or guardian must be promptly notified that he has been taken into custody and the reason. Within 48 hours, a judge must conduct a detention hearing to determine whether to release or detain the juvenile in a facility, ...
When a judge determines that a child is high-risk, a chronic offender, or in need of higher levels of care or specialized services, the judge may commit the child to a residential facility run by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department(TDD). Some of these facilities are halfway houses with minimal security, others have medium security, and others are...
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department was created in 2011, replacing two other agencies, the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. TJJD is headquartered in Austin at a rented facility at the Braker H. Complex at 11209 Metric Blvd.
“2020 Juvenile Justice Handbook: A Practical Reference Guide Including Updates from the 86th Legislative Session.”Published by the Office of the Texas Attorney General.
The Texas juvenile justice system at the time was not fully equipped to deal with the number of juveniles committing offenses or with the extreme violence frequently perpetrated by juveniles. In 1995, the Legislature revised Title 3 of the Family Code by creating the Juvenile Justice Code.
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Texas Juvenile Law is used extensively throughout the state by juvenile court judges, probation officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement officials, universities, and other stakeholders.
Who Is a Juvenile? In Texas, children who are between the ages of 10 and 17 have their case heard before a juvenile court judge. Juveniles have separate courts, separate detention facilities, and are adjudicated by a judge and sentenced because of delinquent conduct, not found guilty of a crime.
