TEXAS FAMILY CODE
TITLE 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE
CHAPTER 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 51.01.  PURPOSE AND INTERPRETATION. This title shall be construed to effectuate the following public purposes:
(1)Â Â to provide for the protection of the public and public safety;
(2)Â Â consistent with the protection of the public and public safety:
(A)Â Â to promote the concept of punishment for criminal acts;
(B)Â Â to remove, where appropriate, the taint of criminality from children committing certain unlawful acts;Â and
(C)Â Â to provide treatment, training, and rehabilitation that emphasizes the accountability and responsibility of both the parent and the child for the child’s conduct;
(3)Â Â to provide for the care, the protection, and the wholesome moral, mental, and physical development of children coming within its provisions;
(4)Â Â to protect the welfare of the community and to control the commission of unlawful acts by children;
(5)Â Â to achieve the foregoing purposes in a family environment whenever possible, separating the child from the child’s parents only when necessary for the child’s welfare or in the interest of public safety and when a child is removed from the child’s family, to give the child the care that should be provided by parents;Â and
(6)Â Â to provide a simple judicial procedure through which the provisions of this title are executed and enforced and in which the parties are assured a fair hearing and their constitutional and other legal rights recognized and enforced.
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