Section 45.0215 - [Repealed Effective 1/1/2025] Plea By Minor and Appearance of Parent(a) Subject to the requirements of Subchapter E, this article applies to a defendant who has not had the disabilities of minority removed and has been: (1) charged with an offense other than an offense under Section 43.261, Penal Code, if the defendant is younger than 17 years of age; or (2) charged with an offense under Section 43.261, Penal Code, if the defendant is younger than 18 years of age. (a-1) The judge or justice: (1) must take the defendant's plea in open court; and(2) shall issue a summons to compel the defendant's parent, guardian, or managing conservator to be present during:(A) the taking of the defendant's plea; and(B) all other proceedings relating to the case.(b) If the court is unable to secure the appearance of the defendant's parent, guardian, or managing conservator by issuance of a summons, the court may, without the defendant's parent, guardian, or managing conservator present, take the defendant's plea and proceed against the defendant.(c) If the defendant resides in a county other than the county in which the alleged offense occurred, the defendant may, with leave of the judge of the court of original jurisdiction, enter the plea, including a plea under Article 45.052, before a judge in the county in which the defendant resides.(d) A justice or municipal court shall endorse on the summons issued to a parent an order to appear personally at a hearing with the child. The summons must include a warning that the failure of the parent to appear may result in arrest and is a Class C misdemeanor.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 45.0215
Repealed without reference to the 2023 amendment of this section by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 3.001, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 525,Sec. 3, eff. 1/1/2024, app. only to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2025.Amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322, Sec. 12, eff. 9/1/2011.Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 949, Sec. 33, eff. 9/1/2005.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 193, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 45.331 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 19, eff. 9/1/1999.