Sec. 65.253.  PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.  (a)  A truancy court may enforce the following orders by contempt:
(1)  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);
(2)  an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105(a);
(3)  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
(4)  an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107.
(b)  A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court.
(c)  The penalty for a finding of contempt under Subsection (a) or (b) is a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.
(d)  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:
(1)  confinement in jail for a maximum of three days;
(2)  a maximum of 40 hours of community service; or
(3)  both confinement and community service.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (H.B. 2398), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.