Section 65.253 - Parent or Other Person in Contempt of Court(a) A truancy court may enforce the following orders by contempt: (1) an order that a parent of a child, guardian of a child, or any court-appointed guardian ad litem of a child attend an adjudication hearing under Section 65.062(b);(2) an order requiring a person other than a child to take a particular action under Section 65.105(a);(3) an order that a child's parent, or other person responsible to support the child, reimburse the municipality or county for the cost of the guardian ad litem appointed for the child under Section 65.061(c); and(4) an order that a parent, or person other than the child, pay the $50 court cost under Section 65.107.(b) A truancy court may find a parent or person other than the child in direct contempt of the court.(c) The penalty for a finding of contempt under Subsection (a) or (b) is a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.(d) In addition to the assessment of a fine under Subsection (c), direct contempt of the truancy court by a parent or person other than the child is punishable by: (1) confinement in jail for a maximum of three days;(2) a maximum of 40 hours of community service; or(3) both confinement and community service.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 935,Sec. 27, eff. 9/1/2015.