## In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06

- 22

- 00006

- CV

IN THE MATTER OF C.S.G., JR., A JUVENILE

On Appeal from the County Court at Law

Bowie County, Texas Trial Court No. 21JV0037

- CCL

Before Morriss , C.J., S tevens and van Cleef , JJ.2 O R D E R In this case involving a disposition order committing C.S.G., Jr. , to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for a period of ten years with a possible transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice , both par ties agree that the order failed to comply with the requirements of S ection 54.04(f) of the Texas Family Code. The State has filed a motion asking this C ourt to abate the matter to the trial court to address that issue. Section 54.04(f) states , “The cour t shall state specifically in the order its reasons for disposition and shall furnish a copy of the order to t he child.” T EX
. F AM
. C ODE A NN
. § 54.04(f). “Compliance with [this] requirement[ ] is mandatory, for such findings ‘provide assurance that the chi l d and his family will be advised of the reasons . . . and

. . . be in a position to challenge those reasons on appeal.” In re J.M

. , 287 S.W.3d 481, 48 9 (Tex. App.

— Texarkana 2009, no pet.) ( quoting J.L.E. v. State , 571 S .W.2d 556, 557 (Tex. App.

— Houston [1 4th Dist.] 1978, no writ)). “Therefore, merely reciting statutory language will not be sufficient to justify the juvenile court’s ruling.” Id

. Nevertheless, “statutory language supplemented by additional findings is sufficient to meet the req u i rements o f the Texas Family Cod e.” Id

. ; see In re W.A.M.P

. , N o . 14

- 21

- 00105

- CV , 2022 WL 2976876 , at * 3 (Tex. App.

— Houston [14th Dist.] July 28, 2022 , no pet. h. ) (mem. op.) ( reciting statutory language and supplementing with additional specific findings may be suf

fici ent to meet requirements of Sec tion 54.04(f))

. “[T]he inclusion of the offense and its surrounding circumstances in an order consisting of mainly statutory language is sufficient.” Id

. at 490 (citing In re J.T.H

. , 779 S.W.2d 954, 959 (Tex. App.

— Austi n 198 9, no writ)).3

The order here recites statutory language and does not describe or list the offense, other than to include a deadly weapon finding, as required by S ection 54.04(g). See T EX
. F AM
. C ODE A NN
. § 54.04(g). Although the order os t ensibly inc ludes four additiona l findings , those findings are largely generic and lack the degree of specificity required by Section 54.04(f). See T EX
. F AM
. C ODE A NN
. § 54.04(f) ; In re J.M

. , 287 S.W.3d at 488

– 89. When a juvenile court fails to comply with the spe cifi city requirements of Section 54.04(f), we abate the matter to the trial court with instructions for the court to render a proper disposition order specifically stating the reasons for the disposition. In re J.M

. , 287 S.W.3d at 489 (citing K.K.H. v. St ate , 612 S.W.2d 657, 658 (Tex. App.

— Dallas 1981, no writ)); see T EX
. R. A PP
. P . 44.4. Pursuant to Rule 44.4 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we abate this matter to the juvenile court with instru ctions to render a modified dispositi o n order that inc ludes specific findings supporting the disposition. A supplemental record containing the modified disposition order should be filed in this court no later than August 24, 2022. All appellate timetables are stayed pending return of this m atter to the jur isdiction of this Court. IT IS SO ORDERED. BY THE COURT Date: A ugust 10, 20 22