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Seventeen feels like it should still be childhood. But under Texas law, it is the age where the adult criminal system takes over, and the protections your family may have relied on in the past no longer apply. If your child is 17 and facing any kind of investigation or charge, the stakes are fundamentally different than they were even one year ago. This is not the juvenile system. This is adult court. The Line Has Already Been Crossed At 17, your child is automatically prosec

What Happens When Law Enforcement Investigates a Juvenile in Texas? When a child becomes the subject of a law enforcement investigation, the experience can be frightening for the entire family. Parents may not know what rights their child has, what police are allowed to do, or when they should contact an attorney. The juvenile justice system in Texas operates differently from the Texas adult criminal system, and those differences matter from the very first moment law enforcem