Texas Family Code - Section 61.001. Definitions - Texas Attorney Resources

Texas Family Code - Section 61.001. Definitions

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§ 61.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Juvenile court order" means an order by a juvenile court in a proceeding to which this chapter applies requiring a parent or other eligible person to act or refrain from acting. (2) "Other eligible person" means the respondent's guardian, the respondent's custodian, or any other person described in a provision under this title authorizing the court order. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, § 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

B. Binding Effect of the Compact 1. All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the Interstate Commission, are binding upon the compacting states. 2. All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms. 3. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the Interstate Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding such meaning or interpretation. 4. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by such provision upon the Interstate Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time this compact becomes effective. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1007, § 1.01, eff. Sept

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Texas Family Code - Section 61.001. Definitions

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