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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A =
name=3Da1><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Motion for Rehearing Overruled; Opinion =
of=20
      February 13, 2007, Withdrawn.&nbsp; Affirmed and Substitute =
Majority=20
      Opinion and Concurring Opinion filed</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"> August 9, 2007.</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
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align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">In The</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'EngrvrsOldEng =
BT'">Fourteenth Court=20
      of Appeals</SPAN></B></P>
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align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo =
Edessa'">_______________</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">NO. 14<A =
name=3Da2>-05-00554</A>-CV</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">_______________</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">IN THE MATTER OF T.A.W.</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">On Appeal from 314th District =
Court</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Harris County, Texas</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Trial Court Cause No.<A name=3Da7></A>=20
      04-00310J</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><U><SPAN=20
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      </SPAN></U></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">C O N C U R R I N G&nbsp;&nbsp; O P I N =
I O=20
      N</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">The court correctly =
affirms the=20
      trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s judgment but =
incorrectly=20
      indicates that the trial court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s finding under =
section=20
      54.04(i)(1)(C) of the Texas Family Code bears only on the decision =
between=20
      probation inside the home and probation outside the home.&nbsp; =
This=20
      finding also bears on the Texas Legislature</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s efforts to comply =
with=20
      federal legislation appropriating funds to be paid by the federal=20
      government to the states for certain children who are placed =
outside their=20
      homes.&nbsp; Appellant raises the issue of the meaning and purpose =
of=20
      section 54.04(i) of the Texas Family Code.&nbsp; I write =
separately to=20
      address this issue.</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection2>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
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      <B><SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Factual and =
Procedural=20
      Background</SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">A brief review of the =
factual=20
      and procedural background relating to T.A.W.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83703#_ftn1"=20
      name=3D_ftnref1><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">[1]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A> =
second=20
      issue is in order.<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83703#_ftn2"=20
      name=3D_ftnref2><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">[2]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp; At=20
      the adjudication hearing, the jury found beyond a reasonable doubt =
that=20
      T.A.W. engaged in delinquent conduct by committing the offense of=20
      aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of fourteen as =
alleged=20
      in the petition.&nbsp; Because T.A.W. was in jeopardy of a =
determinate=20
      sentence under section 54.04(d)(3) of the Texas Family Code, =
T.A.W. had a=20
      right to a jury at the disposition hearing, which he =
exercised.&nbsp;=20
      <I>See</I> <SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. =
Code Ann.=20
      </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04(a) (Vernon =
Supp.=20
      2006).&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">The jury at the =
disposition=20
      hearing found </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">that [T.A.W.] is in =
need of=20
      rehabilitation or that the protection of the public or [T.A.W.] =
requires=20
      that a disposition be made in this case.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">&nbsp; This finding =
is required=20
      for the trial court to issue a disposition order.&nbsp; <I>See</I> =

      <I>id</I>. </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04(c).&nbsp; The =
jury=20
      sentenced T.A.W. to commitment to the Texas Youth Commission with =
a=20
      transfer to the institutional division of the Texas Department of =
Criminal=20
      Justice for a term of fourteen years.&nbsp; The jury answered in =
the=20
      negative when asked if it found that </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">[T.A.W.], in=20
      [T.A.W.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s] home, cannot be =
provided the=20
      quality of care and level of support and supervision that [T.A.W.] =
needs=20
      to meet the conditions of probation.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">&nbsp; In his second =
issue,=20
      T.A.W. asserts that, under section 54.04(i), an affirmative jury =
finding=20
      in this regard was required for the trial court to sentence him to =
the=20
      Texas Youth Commission and that the absence of such a finding =
precluded=20
      the trial court from doing so.</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection3>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
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      <B><SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: =
uppercase">Analysis</SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Section 54.04 is =
confusing and=20
      contains language that is difficult to interpret.<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83703#_ftn3"=20
      name=3D_ftnref3><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">[3]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp; In=20
      pertinent part, it states as follows:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
No=20
      disposition may be made under this section unless the child is in =
need of=20
      rehabilitation or the protection of the public or the child =
requires that=20
      disposition be made.&nbsp; If the court or jury does not so find, =
the=20
      court shall dismiss the child and enter a final judgment without =
any=20
      disposition.&nbsp; No disposition placing the child on probation =
outside=20
      the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">s home may be made under this section =
unless the=20
      court or jury finds that the child, in the child's home, cannot be =

      provided the quality of care and level of support and supervision =
that the=20
      child needs to meet the conditions of the probation.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
If the=20
      court or jury makes the finding specified in Subsection (c) =
allowing the=20
      court to make a disposition in the case:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">. . .</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(3) if the court or jury found at the =
conclusion=20
      of the adjudication hearing that the child engaged in delinquent =
conduct=20
      that included a violation of a penal law listed in Section =
53.045(a) and=20
      if the petition was approved by the grand jury under Section =
53.045, the=20
      court or jury may sentence the child to commitment in the Texas =
Youth=20
      Commission with a possible transfer to the institutional division =
or the=20
      pardons and paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal =
Justice=20
      for a term of:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(A) not more than 40 years if the =
conduct=20
      constitutes:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(i) a capital felony;</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(ii) a felony of the first degree;&nbsp; =

      or</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(iii) an aggravated controlled substance =
felony .=20
      . .</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">. . .</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The=20
      court shall state specifically in the order its reasons for the=20
      disposition and shall furnish a copy of the order to the =
child.&nbsp; If=20
      the child is placed on probation, the terms of probation shall be =
written=20
      in the order.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">. . .</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If=20
      the court places the child on probation outside the =
child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">s home or commits the child to the Texas =
Youth=20
      Commission, the court:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(1) shall include in its order its =
determination=20
      that:</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection4>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(A) it is in the child's best interests =
to be=20
      placed outside the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">s home;</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(B) reasonable efforts were made to =
prevent or=20
      eliminate the need for the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">s removal from the home and to make it =
possible=20
      for the child to return to the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">s home; and</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">(C) the child, in the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">s home, cannot be provided the quality =
of care and=20
      level of support and supervision that the child needs to meet the=20
      conditions of probation;&nbsp; and</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">(2) may approve an=20
      administrative body to conduct permanency hearings pursuant to 42 =
U.S.C.=20
      Section 675 if required during the placement or commitment of the=20
      child.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">Tex.=20
      Fam. Code Ann.</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04.&nbsp; An =
important=20
      issue in this case is how section 54.04(i) should be =
construed.&nbsp; In=20
      analyzing this issue, it is appropriate to examine the history of =
the=20
      statute, which the Texas Legislature enacted in 1973.&nbsp; =
<I>See</I> Act=20
      of May 25, 1973, 63rd Leg., R.S., ch. 544, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 1, 1973 Gen. Laws =
1460,=20
      1478</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">79 (current version =
codified at=20
      <SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code =
Ann.</SPAN>=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04).&nbsp; From =
the=20
      beginning, section 54.04(c) required that a finding be made before =
any=20
      disposition would be possible, and, if disposition were possible, =
section=20
      54.04(d) outlined the different options for disposition and the =
findings=20
      required for each. &nbsp;<I>See id</I>.&nbsp; Likewise, under the =
original=20
      statute, a juvenile court was required to specifically state in =
its=20
      disposition order the reasons for the disposition.&nbsp; <I>See=20
      id</I>.&nbsp; However, as originally enacted, section 54.04 did =
not=20
      contain any language resembling current section 54.04(i).&nbsp; =
<I>See=20
      id</I>.&nbsp; </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection5>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">After the enactment =
of section=20
      54.04, the United States Congress enacted legislation providing =
for the=20
      appropriation of money to be paid by the federal government&nbsp; =
to the=20
      states for certain children who are placed outside their homes, in =
foster=20
      homes or elsewhere.&nbsp; <I>See</I> 42 U.S.C. </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 670, <I>et seq</I>. =
(2004);=20
      <I>see also Robert O. Dawson</I>, <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Texas Juvenile Law</SPAN> 179 =
(2000 5th=20
      ed.).&nbsp; However, for a state to be eligible to receive these =
payments,=20
      it must have a plan, approved by the Secretary of Health and Human =

      Services, that, among other things, provides that reasonable =
efforts shall=20
      be made to prevent or eliminate the need for removing children =
from their=20
      homes and to make it possible for children to safely return to =
their=20
      homes.&nbsp; <I>See</I> 42 U.S.C. </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 671(a)(15) =
(2004).&nbsp; In=20
      response to this federal legislation, the Texas Legislature added=20
      subsection (i) to section 54.04, requiring that, before a juvenile =
court=20
      places a child on probation outside the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s home or commits the =
child to=20
      the Texas Youth Commission, the court must determine that (1) it =
is in the=20
      child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s best interests to =
be placed=20
      outside the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s home and (2) =
reasonable=20
      efforts were made to prevent or eliminate the need for the=20
      child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s removal from the =
home and to=20
      make it possible for the child to return to the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s home.&nbsp; =
<I>See</I> Act of=20
      June 1, 1987, 70th Leg., R.S., ch. 1052, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 6.11, 1987 Gen. Laws =
3546,=20
      3578 (current version codified at <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code Ann.</SPAN> =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04(i)); <I>In re =
K.T.</I>,=20
      107 S.W.3d 65, 68 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">San Antonio 2003, no =
pet.) (en=20
      banc) (stating that the requirement of the determinations under =
section=20
      54.04(i) derives from federal law, which makes federal monies =
available to=20
      the states for certain children placed outside their homes, but =
only upon=20
      judicial findings that removal from the home is necessary); <I>see =
also=20
      Robert O. Dawson</I>, <SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: =
uppercase">Texas=20
      Juvenile Law</SPAN> 179 (noting that </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">[t]he requirement =
that these=20
      findings [section 54.04(i) determinations] be made derives from =
federal=20
      law</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">).&nbsp; =
</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection6>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In 1993, the Texas =
Legislature=20
      amended subsections (c) and (d) of section 54.04 to add a =
requirement that=20
      a child cannot be placed on probation outside his home unless the =
court or=20
      jury finds that the child, in the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s home, cannot be =
provided the=20
      quality of care and level of support and supervision that the =
child needs=20
      to meet the conditions of the probation.&nbsp; <I>See</I> Act of =
May 30,=20
      1993, 73rd Leg., R.S., ch. 1048, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 1, 1993 Gen. Laws =
4473,=20
      4473</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">74 (current version =
codified at=20
      <SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code =
Ann.</SPAN>=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04(c), =
(d)).&nbsp; At the=20
      same time, the Texas Legislature also added to the determinations =
required=20
      by section 54.04(i) a finding that the child, in the =
child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s home, cannot be =
provided the=20
      quality of care and level of support and supervision that the =
child needs=20
      to meet the conditions of the probation, though it is not clear =
how this=20
      finding is relevant to a decision to commit a child to the Texas =
Youth=20
      Commission.&nbsp; <I>See</I> <I>id</I>.&nbsp; Further confirming =
the=20
      connection between the section 54.04(i) determinations and the =
federal=20
      appropriation statute, in 2001, the Texas Legislature added an =
express=20
      reference to the federal statute.&nbsp; <I>See</I> Act of May 24, =
2001,=20
      77th Leg., R.S., ch. 1297, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 23, 2001 Gen. Laws =
3142,=20
      3151</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">52 (stating that the =
juvenile=20
      court </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">may approve an =
administrative=20
      body to conduct permanency hearings pursuant to 42 U.S.C. =
[s]ection 675 if=20
      required during the placement or commitment of the =
child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">) (current version =
codified at=20
      <SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code =
Ann.</SPAN>=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04(i)). =
</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Although the wording =
of section=20
      54.04 is inconsistent and presents challenges to interpretation, =
the=20
      structure and language of the statute indicate that subsections =
(c) and=20
      (d) prescribe findings that must be made under certain =
circumstances by=20
      the juvenile court in a nonjury disposition hearing or by the jury =
in a=20
      jury disposition hearing.&nbsp; <I>See</I> <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code Ann.</SPAN> =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04. When the =
Texas=20
      Legislature added subsection (i) to the statute, it already was =
clear=20
      that, while a jury might find certain facts, only the juvenile =
court could=20
      sign a disposition order.&nbsp; <I>See</I> <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code Ann.</SPAN> =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04(f).&nbsp; =
Furthermore,=20
      subsection (f) already required the juvenile court to specify the =
reasons=20
      for the disposition, regardless of whether there was a jury at the =

      disposition hearing.&nbsp; <I>See</I> <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code Ann.</SPAN> =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 54.04(f) (stating =
that=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">the court shall state =

      specifically in the order its reasons for the disposition and =
shall=20
      furnish a copy of the order to the child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">); <I>In re K.T.</I>, =
107=20
      S.W.3d at 68 (stating that regardless of the disposition selected, =
under=20
      section 54.04(f), the juvenile court must state specifically in =
the=20
      disposition order the reasons for the disposition).&nbsp; Thus, =
there was=20
      no need to add a statute requiring a juvenile court to state its =
findings=20
      in a case with a nonjury disposition hearing.&nbsp; In addition, =
if=20
      section 54.04 applied only to cases involving nonjury disposition=20
      hearings, then the statute might not satisfy the federal =
requirements,=20
      which apply to both jury and nonjury disposition hearings, thus=20
      jeopardizing Texas</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s ability to obtain =
these=20
      payments from the federal government.&nbsp; <I>See</I> 42 U.S.C.=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 670, <I>et =
seq</I>.&nbsp;=20
      </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection7>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">For these reasons, it =
is not=20
      surprising that the Supreme Court of Texas and various =
intermediate courts=20
      of appeals have held that section 54.04(i) requires the juvenile =
court to=20
      make the requisite determinations in its disposition order =
regardless of=20
      whether there was a jury at the disposition hearing.&nbsp; <I>See =
In re=20
      J.P</I>., 136 S.W.3d 629, 630</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">31 (Tex. 2004) =
(holding under=20
      the </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">plain language of the =
Family=20
      Code</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> that </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">if an initial =
disposition order=20
      places a child in [the Texas Youth Commission] or on probation =
outside the=20
      home, it must expressly state that (1) removal from the home is in =
the=20
      child</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s best interests, (2) =

      reasonable efforts were made to avoid removal, and (3) care and=20
      supervision the child needs to meet the conditions of probation =
cannot be=20
      provided at home</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">); <I>In re =
E.C.D.</I>, No.=20
      04-05-00391-CV, 2007 WL 516137, at *11 &amp; n.14 (Tex. =
App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">San Antonio Feb. 21, =
2007, no=20
      pet.) (holding in memorandum opinion that, under section 54.04(i), =
trial=20
      court was required to make the three determinations even though =
jury had=20
      sentenced child to Texas Youth Commission at disposition hearing); =
<I>In=20
      re J.G.</I>, 195 S.W.3d 161, 187 &amp; n.5 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">San Antonio 2006, no =
pet. h.)=20
      (holding that, even though jury sentenced juvenile to determinate =
sentence=20
      in Texas Youth Commission, only trial court could make the three=20
      determinations required to be in the disposition order under =
section=20
      54.04(i)); <I>In re A.W.</I>, 147 S.W.3d 632, 636 &amp; n.1 (Tex.=20
      App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">San Antonio 2004, no =
pet.)=20
      (same); <I>In re W.D.A.</I>, 835 S.W.2d 227, 230 (Tex. =
App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Waco 1992, no writ) =
(reversing=20
      and remanding for a new jury trial for juvenile</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s disposition hearing =
and=20
      stating that, if jury found juvenile should be placed on probation =
outside=20
      the home or committed to the Texas Youth Commission, then the =
trial court=20
      would have to include the three mandatory determinations listed in =
section=20
      54.04(i) in its disposition order); <I>In re T.T.H.</I>, 779 =
S.W.3d 954,=20
      959</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">60 (Tex. =
App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Austin 1989, no writ) =
(holding=20
      that trial court reversibly erred by not including all three =
section=20
      54.04(i) determinations in its disposition order in case in which =
jury=20
      sentenced juvenile to determinate sentence at Texas Youth =
Commission at=20
      disposition hearing); <I>see also Robert O. Dawson</I>, <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Texas Juvenile Law</SPAN> 179 =
(stating=20
      that </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">in a determinate =
sentence case=20
      in which the juvenile has elected jury disposition . . . the jury =
is not=20
      permitted to make any of the related findings required by Section =
54.04(i)=20
      . . . the court must make the findings required by 54.04(i) [sic] =
to=20
      authorize placement outside the home or commitment to the [Texas =
Youth=20
      Commission]</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">).</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection8>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Therefore, the trial =
court=20
      correctly submitted to the jury the question required by section =
54.04(c)=20
      for all dispositions and the question required by section 54.04(c) =
for=20
      probation outside the home.&nbsp; The trial court also properly =
allowed=20
      the jury to determine the disposition based on section =
54.04(d).&nbsp;=20
      After the jury found that T.A.W. was in need of rehabilitation or =
the=20
      protection of the public or the child requires that disposition be =
made,=20
      and after it sentenced him to a determinate sentence of fourteen =
years,=20
      the trial court appropriately made the determinations required by =
section=20
      54.04(i) and listed these determinations in its disposition =
order.&nbsp;=20
      <I>See In re J.P</I>., 136 S.W.3d at 630</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">31; <I>In re =
E.C.D.</I>, 2007=20
      WL 516137, at *11 &amp; n.14; <I>In re J.G.</I>, 195 S.W.3d at 187 =
&amp;=20
      n.5; <I>In re A.W.</I>, 147 S.W.3d at 636 &amp; n.1; <I>In re =
W.D.A.</I>,=20
      835 S.W.2d at 230; <I>In re T.T.H.</I>, 779 S.W.3d at =
959</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">60.&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
In his=20
      second issue, T.A.W. incorrectly asserts that, under section =
54.04(i), the=20
      juvenile court could not sign a disposition order committing him =
to the=20
      Texas Youth Commission unless the jury found that the quality of =
care and=20
      level of support and supervision that T.A.W. needs to meet the =
conditions=20
      of probation cannot be provided in his home.&nbsp; The Texas =
Legislature=20
      imposed no such requirement under section 54.04(i).&nbsp; =
Therefore, this=20
      court correctly overrules T.A.W.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s second issue.&nbsp; =
However,=20
      in overruling this issue, the court incorrectly indicates that the =
trial=20
      court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s finding under =
section=20
      54.04(i)(1)(C) of the Texas Family Code bears only on the decision =
between=20
      probation inside the home and probation outside the home.&nbsp; =
<I>See In=20
      re J.P</I>., 136 S.W.3d at 630</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">31; <I>In re =
E.C.D.</I>, 2007=20
      WL 516137, at *11 &amp; n.14; <I>In re J.G.</I>, 195 S.W.3d at 187 =
&amp;=20
      n.5; <I>In re A.W.</I>, 147 S.W.3d at 636 &amp; n.1; <I>In re =
W.D.A.</I>,=20
      835 S.W.2d at 230; <I>In re T.T.H.</I>, 779 S.W.3d at =
959</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">60.&nbsp; For this =
reason, I do=20
      not join the court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s analysis of=20
      T.A.W.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s second issue, but I =

      respectfully concur in the court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s =
judgment.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 3.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kem=20
      Thompson Frost</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Justice</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Judgment rendered and Substitute =
Majority Opinion=20
      and Concurring Opinion Filed August 9, 2007.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Panel consists of Justices Anderson, =
Edelman, and=20
      Frost.&nbsp; (Edelman, J., majority)</SPAN></P></DIV>
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      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
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11pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      In an opinion from the appeal of a juvenile court proceeding, the =
child is=20
      identified by his initials rather than by name. <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Fam. Code Ann</SPAN>. =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> 56.01(j) (Vernon =
2002).</SPAN></P></DIV>
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
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href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
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FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.TextLargeBlackcenter {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-ALIGN: center
}
.TextBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
A.TextBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
.TextRed {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
.TextHidenGray {
	FONT-SIZE: 0pt; COLOR: #ebebe1; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: =
Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.Time {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 4em; =
FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center
}

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