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Dual Status Youth Court

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Travis County Dual Status Youth

Any youth referred to the Travis County Juvenile Justice System who meets the statutory definition of a “dual status child” under Texas Family Code Section 51.02(3-a) (A) and (B) will be assigned to the DSY Docket (aka Crossover Docket), unless the referral involves certain offenses.

 

Any youth referred to the Travis County Juvenile Justice System who meets the statutory definition of a “dual status child” under Texas Family Code Section 51.02(3-a) (C) and (D) may be assigned to the DSY Docket (aka Crossover Docket) at the request of the Juvenile Probation Department, the District Attorney’s Office, or the juvenile defense attorney, or at the discretion of the court, unless the referral involves certain offenses.

Texas Family Code Definition of Dual Status

Texas Family Code 51.02(3-a) "Dual status child" means a child who has been referred to the juvenile justice system and is:

(A)  in the temporary or permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services;

(B)  the subject of a case for which family-based safety services have been offered or provided by the department;

(C)  an alleged victim of abuse or neglect in an open child protective investigation; or

(D)  a victim in a case in which, after an investigation, the department concluded there was reason to believe the child was abused or neglected.

Offenses Excluded from Dual Status Youth Court

Offenses NOT Eligible for Dual Status Youth Court Docket (aka crossover docket)

  1. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT INVOLVING FIREARM

  2. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT INVOLVING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY (SBI) and/or AGGRAVATED ROBBERY

  3. AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING

  4. AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT

  5. ANY OFFENSE RESULTING IN SBI OR DEATH

  6. BURGLARY OF HABITATION W/INTENT TO COMMIT (Sexual Assault or Agg. Assault)

  7. CAPITAL MURDER

  8. DEADLY CONDUCT DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM

  9. DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES (IF PRIOR REFERRAL INVOLVING FIREARM WITHIN A YEAR)

  10. ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME (IF UNDERLYING OFFENSE IS VIOLENT OFFENSE - EX: AGG ROBBERY)

  11. FIREARM SMUGGLING

  12. INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (BY CONTACT OR BY EXPOSURE)

  13. INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER

  14. MANSLAUGHTER

  15. MURDER

  16. PLACES WEAPONS PROHIBITED TPC 46.03 F3 (Firearms in school)

  17. RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IN PUBLIC (IF PRIOR REFERRAL INVOLVING FIREARM WITHIN A YEAR)

  18. SEXUAL ASSAULT

  19. THEFT OF FIREARM (IF PRIOR REFERRAL INVOLVING FIREARM WITHIN A YEAR)

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