Preguntas Frecuentes sobre Doble Status

Dual-status youth are defined in Texas Family Code as youth involved in both the CPS and Juvenile Justice systems at the same time.  In 2021, the Texas Family Code was updated to allow the Juvenile Court to appoint the GAL appointed in the SAPCR case to ALSO serve as GAL for the child in the juvenile court proceedings. Essentially creating two separate appointments as GAL, one for each court system.  The JJS are not mandatory GAL appointments, like in the CPS court. 

Este FAQ cubre la definición de Estatus Dual, los poderes y derechos de un GAL designado en el sistema de Justicia Juvenil y cómo puede ser la defensa de CASA para un joven que se considera de Estatus Dual.