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Texas Family Code - Chapter 101 DefinitionsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Family Code > Texas Family Code - Chapter 101 Definitions (a) Definitions in this subchapter apply to this title. (b) If, in another part of this title, a term defined by this chapter has a ... "Acknowledged father" means a man who has established a father-child relationship under Chapter 160. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 2.04, eff. ... "Administrative writ of withholding" means the document issued by the Title IV-D agency or domestic relations office and delivered to an employer directing that earnings ... (a) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of ... "Amicus attorney" has the meaning assigned by Section 107.001. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 172, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2005. ... "Attorney ad litem" has the meaning assigned by Section 107.001. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 172, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2005. ... "Authorized agency" means a public social agency authorized to care for children, including the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. Added by Acts 1995, ... "Bureau of vital statistics" means the bureau of vital statistics of the Texas Department of Health. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, § ... (a) "Child" or "minor" means a person under 18 years of age who is not and has not been married or who has not had ... "Child support agency" means: (1) the Title IV-D agency; (2) a county or district attorney or any other county officer or county agency that executes ... "Child support review officer" means an individual designated and trained by a child support agency to conduct reviews under this title. Added by Acts 1995, ... "Child support services" means administrative or court actions to: (1) establish paternity; (2) establish, modify, or enforce child support or medical support obligations; (3) locate ... "Clear and convincing evidence" means the measure or degree of proof that will produce in the mind of the trier of fact a firm belief ... "Court" means the district court, juvenile court having the same jurisdiction as a district court, or other court expressly given jurisdiction of a suit affecting ... "Danger to the physical health or safety of a child" includes exposure of the child to loss or injury that jeopardizes the physical health or ... "Disposable earnings" means the part of the earnings of an individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amount required by law to ... "Earnings" means a payment to or due an individual, regardless of source and how denominated. The term includes a periodic or lump-sum payment for: (1) ... "Employer" means a person, corporation, partnership, workers' compensation insurance carrier, governmental entity, the United States, or any other entity that pays or owes earnings to ... "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 787, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. ... "Filed" means officially filed with the clerk of the court. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. ... "Governmental entity" means the state, a political subdivision of the state, or an agency of the state. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, ... "Guardian ad litem" has the meaning assigned by Section 107.001. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 172, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2005. ... "Health insurance" means insurance coverage that provides basic health care services, including usual physician services, office visits, hospitalization, and laboratory, X-ray, and emergency services, that ... "Joint managing conservatorship" means the sharing of the rights and duties of a parent by two parties, ordinarily the parents, even if the exclusive right ... "Judicial writ of withholding" means the document issued by the clerk of a court and delivered to an employer directing that earnings be withheld for ... "Licensed child placing agency" means a person, private association, or corporation approved by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to place children for adoption ... "Local registry" means a county agency or public entity operated under the authority of a district clerk, county government, juvenile board, juvenile probation office, domestic ... "Managing conservatorship" means the relationship between a child and a managing conservator appointed by court order. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § ... "Medical support" means periodic payments or a lump-sum payment made under an order to cover medical expenses, including health insurance coverage, incurred for the benefit ... "Notice of application for judicial writ of withholding" means the document delivered to an obligor and filed with the court as required by Chapter 158 ... "Obligee" means a person or entity entitled to receive payments of child support, including an agency of this state or of another jurisdiction to which ... "Obligor" means a person required to make payments under the terms of a support order for a child. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ... "Order" means a final order unless identified as a temporary order or the context clearly requires a different meaning. The term includes a decree and ... (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 ... "Parent-child relationship" means the legal relationship between a child and the child's parents as provided by Chapter 160. The term includes the mother and child ... "Render" means the pronouncement by a judge of the court's ruling on a matter. The pronouncement may be made orally in the presence of the ... "Parent locator service" means the service established under 42 U.S.C. Section 653. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, ... "School" means a primary or secondary school in which a child is enrolled or, if the child is not enrolled in a primary or secondary ... "Standard possession order" means an order that provides a parent with rights of possession of a child in accordance with the terms and conditions of ... "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to ... "State case registry" means the registry established and operated by the Title IV-D agency under 42 U.S.C. Section 654a that has responsibility for maintaining records ... "State disbursement unit" means the unit established and operated by the Title IV-D agency under 42 U.S.C. Section 654b that has responsibility for receiving, distributing, ... "Suit" means a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. ... (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 ... "Title IV-D agency" means the state agency designated under Chapter 231 to provide services under Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security ... "Title IV-D case" means an action in which services are provided by the Title IV-D agency under Part D, Title IV, of the federal Social ... "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a state authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage. Added ... Texas Lawyers
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