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Thursday, May 27, 2010

§ 51.0412 JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE PROCEEDINGS

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Sec. 51.0412.  JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE PROCEEDINGS.  The court retains jurisdiction over a person, without regard to the age of the person, who is a respondent in an adjudication proceeding, a disposition proceeding, a proceeding to modify disposition, or a motion for transfer of determinate sentence probation to an appropriate district court if:
(1)  the petition, motion to modify, or motion for transfer was filed while the respondent was younger than 18 years of age;
(2)  the proceeding is not complete before the respondent becomes 18 years of age;  and
(3)  the court enters a finding in the proceeding that the prosecuting attorney exercised due diligence in an attempt to complete the proceeding before the respondent became 18 years of age.

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