APPEAL
Known as the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act
The act spans §§ 591–597 (170 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In re P.C. (1998)
Most recently applied in Powell v. State (March 2016)
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A party to a commitment proceeding has the right to appeal the judgment to the appropriate court of appeals.
(b) The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure apply to an appeal under this section.
(c) An appeal under this section shall be given a preference setting.
(d) The county court may grant a stay of commitment pending appeal.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.