in the Matter of J.P., a Juvenile

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice O’NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SCHNEIDER and Justice SMITH joined.

The trial court modified a prior juvenile order to commit J.P., an eleven-year-old boy, to the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). He appeals, arguing the trial court failed to make certain findings during modification that the statute expressly requires only in original commitment orders. We granted the petition because of a conflict in the courts of appeals on this question. We hold the plain words of the statute do not require the explicit findings J.P.…