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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
If a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged in a suit under this title to have been abused, the recording of an oral statement of the child recorded prior to the proceeding is admissible into evidence if:
(1) no attorney for a party was present when the statement was made;
(2) the recording is both visual and aural and is recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means;
(3) the recording equipment was capable of making an accurate recording, the operator was competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been altered;
(4) the statement was not made in response to questioning calculated to lead the child to make a particular statement;
(5) each voice on the recording is identified;
(6) the person conducting the interview of the child in the recording is present at the proceeding and available to testify or be cross-examined by either party; and
(7) each party is afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is offered into evidence.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Family Code - FAM § 104.002. Prerecorded Statement of Child - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/family-code/fam-sect-104-002/
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