Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 7B.004: HEARSAY STATEMENT OF CHILD VICTIM

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes a rule allowing hearsay statements from child victims under 14 in protective order hearings, admitting such statements as evidence under the same standards as in family court child abuse cases.

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