Texas Family Code - Section 151.001. Rights And Duties Of Parent
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§ 151.001. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PARENT. (a) A parent of a
child has the following rights and duties:
(1) the right to have physical possession, to direct
the moral and religious training, and to designate the residence of
the child;
(2) the duty of care, control, protection, and
reasonable discipline of the child;
(3) the duty to support the child, including providing
the child with clothing, food, shelter, medical and dental care,
and education;
(4) the duty, except when a guardian of the child's
estate has been appointed, to manage the estate of the child,
including the right as an agent of the child to act in relation to
the child's estate if the child's action is required by a state, the
United States, or a foreign government;
(5) except as provided by Section 264.0111, the right
to the services and earnings of the child;
(6) the right to consent to the child's marriage,
enlistment in the armed forces of the United States, medical and
dental care, and psychiatric, psychological, and surgical
treatment;
(7) the right to represent the child in legal action
and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance
concerning the child;
(8) the right to receive and give receipt for payments
for the support of the child and to hold or disburse funds for the
benefit of the child;
(9) the right to inherit from and through the child;
(10) the right to make decisions concerning the
child's education; and
(11) any other right or duty existing between a parent
and child by virtue of law.
(b) The duty of a parent to support his or her child exists
while the child is an unemancipated minor and continues as long as
the child is fully enrolled in an accredited secondary school in a
program leading toward a high school diploma until the end of the
school year in which the child graduates.
(c) A parent who fails to discharge the duty of support is
liable to a person who provides necessaries to those to whom support
is owed.
(d) The rights and duties of a parent are subject to:
(1) a court order affecting the rights and duties;
(2) an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights;
and
(3) an affidavit by the parent designating another
person or agency to act as managing conservator.
(e) Only the following persons may use corporal punishment
for the reasonable discipline of a child:
(1) a parent or grandparent of the child;
(2) a stepparent of the child who has the duty of
control and reasonable discipline of the child; and
(3) an individual who is a guardian of the child and
who has the duty of control and reasonable discipline of the child.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 23, eff. Sept. 1,
1995. Renumbered from § 151.003 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
821, § 2.13, eff. June 14, 2001. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th
Leg., ch. 964, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch.
1036, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 924,
§ 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 110.003 110.004 110.005 110.006 111.001 111.002 111.003 151.001 151.002 151.003 152.001 152.002 152.101 152.102 152.103
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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