Texas Family Code - Section 101.024. Parent
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§ 101.024. PARENT. (a) "Parent" means the mother, a man
presumed to be the father, a man legally determined to be the
father, a man who has been adjudicated to be the father by a court of
competent jurisdiction, a man who has acknowledged his paternity
under applicable law, or an adoptive mother or father. Except as
provided by Subsection (b), the term does not include a parent as to
whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated.
(b) For purposes of establishing, determining the terms of,
modifying, or enforcing an order, a reference in this title to a
parent includes a person ordered to pay child support under Section
154.001(a-1) or to provide medical support for a child.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 2.05, eff. June 14, 2001;
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 268, § 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 101.018 101.019 101.020 101.0201 101.021 101.022 101.023 101.024 101.025 101.026 101.027 101.028 101.029 101.030 101.0301
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