Texas Family Code - Section 101.032. Suit Affecting The Parent-Child Relationship

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§ 101.032. SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD 
RELATIONSHIP.  (a) "Suit affecting the parent-child relationship" 
means a suit filed as provided by this title in which the 
appointment of a managing conservator or a possessory conservator, 
access to or support of a child, or establishment or termination of 
the parent-child relationship is requested.
	(b)  The following are not suits affecting the parent-child 
relationship:    
		(1)  a habeas corpus proceeding under Chapter 157;                            
		(2)  a proceeding filed under Chapter 159 to determine 
parentage or to establish, enforce, or modify child support, 
whether this state is acting as the initiating or responding state;  
and
		(3)  a proceeding under Title 2.                                              

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           

Last modified: August 10, 2007