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• Texas Family Code Section 1.001 - Applicability Of Definitions
  (a) The definitions in this subchapter apply to this title. (b) Except as provided by this subchapter, the definitions in Chapter 101 apply to terms ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.002 - Court
  "Court" means the district court, juvenile court having the jurisdiction of a district court, or other court expressly given jurisdiction of a suit under this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.003 - Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage
  "Suit for dissolution of a marriage" includes a suit for divorce or annulment or to declare a marriage void. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.101 - Every Marriage Presumed Valid
  In order to promote the public health and welfare and to provide the necessary records, this code specifies detailed rules to be followed in establishing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.102 - Most Recent Marriage Presumed Valid
  When two or more marriages of a person to different spouses are alleged, the most recent marriage is presumed to be valid as against each ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.103 - Persons Married Elsewhere
  The law of this state applies to persons married elsewhere who are domiciled in this state. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.104 - Capacity Of Spouse
  Except as expressly provided by statute or by the constitution, a person, regardless of age, who has been married in accordance with the law of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.105 - Joinder In Civil Suits
  (a) A spouse may sue and be sued without the joinder of the other spouse. (b) When claims or liabilities are joint and several, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.106 - Criminal Conversation Not Authorized
  A right of action by one spouse against a third party for criminal conversation is not authorized in this state. Added by Acts 1997, 75th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.107 - Alienation Of Affection Not Authorized
  A right of action by one spouse against a third party for alienation of affection is not authorized in this state. Added by Acts 1997, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 1.108 - Promise Or Agreement Must Be In Writing
  A promise or agreement made on consideration of marriage or nonmarital conjugal cohabitation is not enforceable unless the promise or agreement or a memorandum of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.001 - Marriage License
  (a) A man and a woman desiring to enter into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of any county ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.002 - Application For License
  Except as provided by Section 2.006, each person applying for a license must: (1) appear before the county clerk; (2) submit the person's proof of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.003 - Application For License By Minor
  In addition to the other requirements provided by this chapter, a person under 18 years of age applying for a license must provide to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.004 - Application Form
  (a) The county clerk shall furnish the application form as prescribed by the bureau of vital statistics. (b) The application form must contain: (1) a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.005 - Proof Of Identity And Age
  (a) The county clerk shall require proof of the identity and age of each applicant. (b) The proof must be established by a certified copy ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.006 - Absent Applicant
  (a) If an applicant is unable to appear personally before the county clerk to apply for a marriage license, any adult person or the other ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.007 - Affidavit Of Absent Applicant
  The affidavit of an absent applicant must include: (1) the absent applicant's full name, including the maiden surname of a female applicant, address, date of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.008 - Execution Of Application By Clerk
  (a) The county clerk shall: (1) determine that all necessary information, other than the date of the marriage ceremony, the county in which the ceremony ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.009 - Issuance Of License
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), the county clerk may not issue a license if either applicant: (1) fails to provide the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.010 - Aids Information
  Materials providing information about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shall be prepared and provided to the clerk by the Texas ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.011 - Recording
  The county clerk shall record all licenses issued by the clerk and all documents submitted with an application for a license or note a summary ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.012 - Violation By County Clerk; Penalty
  A county clerk or deputy county clerk who violates or fails to comply with this subchapter commits an offense. An offense under this section is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.013 - Premarital Education Requirements; Waiver
  (a) Each person applying for a marriage license is encouraged to attend a premarital education course of at least four hours during the year preceding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.014 - Family Trust Fund
  (a) The family trust fund is created as a trust fund with the state comptroller and shall be administered by the attorney general for the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.101 - General Age Requirement
  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter or on a showing that a prior marriage has been dissolved, a county clerk may not issue a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.102 - Parental Consent For Underage Applicant
  (a) If an applicant is 16 years of age or older but under 18 years of age, the county clerk shall issue the license if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.103 - Court Order For Underage Applicant
  (a) A minor may petition the court in the minor's own name for an order granting permission to marry. In a suit under this section, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.201 - Expiration Of License
  If a marriage ceremony has not been conducted before the 31st day after the date the license is issued, the marriage license expires. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.202 - Persons Authorized To Conduct Ceremony
  (a) The following persons are authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony: (1) a licensed or ordained Christian minister or priest; (2) a Jewish rabbi; (3) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.203 - Ceremony
  (a) On receiving an unexpired marriage license, an authorized person may conduct the marriage ceremony as provided by this subchapter. (b) A person unable to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.204 - 72-Hour Waiting Period; Exceptions
  (a) Except as provided by this section, a marriage ceremony may not take place during the 72-hour period immediately following the issuance of the marriage ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.205 - Discrimination In Conducting Marriage Prohibited
  (a) A person authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony by this subchapter is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, or national origin ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.206 - Return Of License; Penalty
  (a) The person who conducts a marriage ceremony shall record on the license the date on which and the county in which the ceremony is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.207 - Marriage Conducted After License Expired; Penalty
  (a) A person who is to conduct a marriage ceremony shall determine whether the license has expired from the county clerk's endorsement on the license. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.208 - Recording And Delivery Of License
  (a) The county clerk shall record a returned marriage license and mail the license to the address indicated on the application. (b) On the application ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.209 - Duplicate License
  (a) On the application and proof of identity of a person whose marriage is recorded in the records of the county clerk, the county clerk ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.301 - Fraud, Mistake, Or Illegality In Obtaining License
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the validity of a marriage is not affected by any fraud, mistake, or illegality that occurred in obtaining ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.302 - Ceremony Conducted By Unauthorized Person
  The validity of a marriage is not affected by the lack of authority of the person conducting the marriage ceremony if: (1) there was a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.401 - Proof Of Informal Marriage
  (a) In a judicial, administrative, or other proceeding, the marriage of a man and woman may be proved by evidence that: (1) a declaration of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.402 - Declaration And Registration Of Informal Marriage
  (a) A declaration of informal marriage must be signed on a form prescribed by the bureau of vital statistics and provided by the county clerk. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.403 - Proof Of Identity And Age; Offense
  (a) The county clerk shall require proof of the identity and age of each party to the declaration of informal marriage to be established by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.404 - Recording Of Declaration Of Informal Marriage
  (a) The county clerk shall: (1) determine that all necessary information is recorded on the declaration of informal marriage form and that all necessary documents ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.405 - Violation By County Clerk; Penalty
  A county clerk or deputy county clerk who violates this subchapter commits an offense. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 2.501 - Duty To Support
  (a) Each spouse has the duty to support the other spouse. (b) A spouse who fails to discharge the duty of support is liable to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.001 - Separate Property
  A spouse's separate property consists of: (1) the property owned or claimed by the spouse before marriage; (2) the property acquired by the spouse during ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.002 - Community Property
  Community property consists of the property, other than separate property, acquired by either spouse during marriage. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.003 - Presumption Of Community Property
  (a) Property possessed by either spouse during or on dissolution of marriage is presumed to be community property. (b) The degree of proof necessary to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.004 - Recordation Of Separate Property
  (a) A subscribed and acknowledged schedule of a spouse's separate property may be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the parties, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.005 - Gifts Between Spouses
  If one spouse makes a gift of property to the other spouse, the gift is presumed to include all the income and property that may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.006 - Proportional Ownership Of Property By Marital Estates
  If the community estate of the spouses and the separate estate of a spouse have an ownership interest in property, the respective ownership interests of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.007 - Property Interest In Certain Employee Benefits
  (a) A spouse who is a participant in a defined benefit retirement plan has a separate property interest in the monthly accrued benefit the spouse ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.008 - Property Interest In Certain Insurance Proceeds
  (a) Insurance proceeds paid or payable that arise from a casualty loss to property during marriage are characterized in the same manner as the property ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.101 - Managing Separate Property
  Each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of that spouse's separate property. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.102 - Managing Community Property
  (a) During marriage, each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of the community property that the spouse would have owned if single, including: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.103 - Managing Earnings Of Minor
  Except as provided by Section 264.0111, during the marriage of the parents of an unemancipated minor for whom a managing conservator has not been appointed, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.104 - Protection Of Third Persons
  (a) During marriage, property is presumed to be subject to the sole management, control, and disposition of a spouse if it is held in that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.201 - Spousal Liability
  (a) A person is personally liable for the acts of the person's spouse only if: (1) the spouse acts as an agent for the person; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.202 - Rules Of Marital Property Liability
  (a) A spouse's separate property is not subject to liabilities of the other spouse unless both spouses are liable by other rules of law. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.203 - Order In Which Property Is Subject To Execution
  (a) A judge may determine, as deemed just and equitable, the order in which particular separate or community property is subject to execution and sale ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.301 - Missing, Abandoned, Or Separated Spouse
  (a) A spouse may file a sworn petition stating the facts that make it desirable for the petitioning spouse to manage, control, and dispose of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.302 - Spouse Missing On Public Service
  (a) If a spouse is reported by an executive department of the United States to be a prisoner of war or missing on the public ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.303 - Appointment Of Attorney
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the court may appoint an attorney in a suit filed under this subchapter for the respondent. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.304 - Notice Of Hearing; Citation
  (a) Notice of the hearing, accompanied by a copy of the petition, shall be issued and served on the attorney representing the respondent, if an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.305 - Citation By Publication
  (a) If the residence of the respondent, other than a respondent reported to be a prisoner of war or missing on public service, is unknown, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.306 - Court Order For Management, Control, And Disposition Of Community Property
  (a) After hearing the evidence in a suit under this subchapter, the court, on terms the court considers just and equitable, shall render an order ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.307 - Continuing Jurisdiction Of Court; Vacating Original Order
  (a) The court has continuing jurisdiction over the court's order rendered under this subchapter. (b) On the motion of either spouse, the court shall amend ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.308 - Recording Order To Affect Real Property
  An order authorized by this subchapter affecting real property is not constructive notice to a good faith purchaser for value or to a creditor without ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.309 - Remedies Cumulative
  The remedies provided in this subchapter are cumulative of other rights, powers, and remedies afforded spouses by law. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.401 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Claim for economic contribution" means a claim made under this subchapter. (2) "Economic contribution" means the contribution to a marital estate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.402 - Economic Contribution
  (a) For purposes of this subchapter, "economic contribution" is the dollar amount of: (1) the reduction of the principal amount of a debt secured by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.403 - Claim Based On Economic Contribution
  (a) A marital estate that makes an economic contribution to property owned by another marital estate has a claim for economic contribution with respect to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.404 - Application Of Inception Of Title Rule; Ownership Interest Not Created
  (a) This subchapter does not affect the rule of inception of title under which the character of property is determined at the time the right ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.405 - Management Rights
  This subchapter does not affect the right to manage, control, or dispose of marital property as provided by this chapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.406 - Equitable Lien
  (a) On dissolution of a marriage, the court shall impose an equitable lien on property of a marital estate to secure a claim for economic ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.407 - Offsetting Claims
  The court shall offset a claim for one marital estate's economic contribution in a specific asset of a second marital estate against the second marital ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.408 - Claim For Reimbursement
  (a) A claim for economic contribution does not abrogate another claim for reimbursement in a factual circumstance not covered by this subchapter. In the case ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.409 - Nonreimbursable Claims
  The court may not recognize a marital estate's claim for reimbursement for: (1) the payment of child support, alimony, or spousal maintenance; (2) the living ...
• Texas Family Code Section 3.410 - Effect Of Marital Property Agreements
  A premarital or marital property agreement, whether executed before, on, or after September 1, 1999, that satisfies the requirements of Chapter 4 is effective to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Premarital agreement" means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and to be effective on marriage. (2) "Property" ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.002 - Formalities
  A premarital agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties. The agreement is enforceable without consideration. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.003 - Content
  (a) The parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to: (1) the rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.004 - Effect Of Marriage
  A premarital agreement becomes effective on marriage. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.005 - Amendment Or Revocation
  After marriage, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked only by a written agreement signed by the parties. The amended agreement or the revocation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.006 - Enforcement
  (a) A premarital agreement is not enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is requested proves that: (1) the party did not sign the agreement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.007 - Enforcement: Void Marriage
  If a marriage is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital agreement is enforceable only to the extent necessary ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.008 - Limitation Of Actions
  A statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a claim for relief under a premarital agreement is tolled during the marriage of the parties ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.009 - Application And Construction
  This subchapter shall be applied and construed to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this subchapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.010 - Short Title
  This subchapter may be cited as the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.101 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "property" has the meaning assigned by Section 4.001. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.102 - Partition Or Exchange Of Community Property
  At any time, the spouses may partition or exchange between themselves all or part of their community property, then existing or to be acquired, as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.103 - Agreement Between Spouses Concerning Income Or Property From Separate Property
  At any time, the spouses may agree that the income or property arising from the separate property that is then owned by one of them, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.104 - Formalities
  A partition or exchange agreement under Section 4.102 or an agreement under Section 4.103 must be in writing and signed by both parties. Either agreement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.105 - Enforcement
  (a) A partition or exchange agreement is not enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is requested proves that: (1) the party did not sign ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.106 - Rights Of Creditors And Recordation Under Partition Or Exchange Agreement
  (a) A provision of a partition or exchange agreement made under this subchapter is void with respect to the rights of a preexisting creditor whose ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.201 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "property" has the meaning assigned by Section 4.001. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 692, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.202 - Agreement To Convert To Community Property
  At any time, spouses may agree that all or part of the separate property owned by either or both spouses is converted to community property. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.203 - Formalities Of Agreement
  (a) An agreement to convert separate property to community property: (1) must be in writing and: (A) be signed by the spouses; (B) identify the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.204 - Management Of Converted Property
  Except as specified in the agreement to convert the property and as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 3, and other law, property converted to community ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.205 - Enforcement
  (a) An agreement to convert property to community property under this subchapter is not enforceable if the spouse against whom enforcement is sought proves that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 4.206 - Rights Of Creditors; Recording
  (a) A conversion of separate property to community property does not affect the rights of a preexisting creditor of the spouse whose separate property is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.001 - Sale, Conveyance, Or Encumbrance Of Homestead
  Whether the homestead is the separate property of either spouse or community property, neither spouse may sell, convey, or encumber the homestead without the joinder ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.002 - Sale Of Separate Homestead After Spouse Judicially Declared Incapacitated
  If the homestead is the separate property of a spouse and the other spouse has been judicially declared incapacitated by a court exercising original jurisdiction ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.003 - Sale Of Community Homestead After Spouse Judicially Declared Incapacitated
  If the homestead is the community property of the spouses and one spouse has been judicially declared incapacitated by a court exercising original jurisdiction over ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.101 - Sale Of Separate Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances
  If the homestead is the separate property of a spouse, that spouse may file a sworn petition that gives a description of the property, states ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.102 - Sale Of Community Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances
  If the homestead is the community property of the spouses, one spouse may file a sworn petition that gives a description of the property, states ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.103 - Time For Filing Petition
  The petitioning spouse may file the petition in a court of the county in which any portion of the property is located not earlier than ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.104 - Appointment Of Attorney
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the court may appoint an attorney in a suit filed under this subchapter for the respondent. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.105 - Citation; Notice Of Hearing
  Citation and notice of hearing for a suit filed as provided by this subchapter shall be issued and served in the manner provided in Subchapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.106 - Court Order
  (a) After notice and hearing, the court shall render an order the court deems just and equitable with respect to the sale, conveyance, or encumbrance ...
• Texas Family Code Section 5.108 - Remedies And Powers Cumulative
  The remedies and the powers of a spouse provided by this subchapter are cumulative of the other rights, powers, and remedies afforded the spouses by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.001 - Insupportability
  On the petition of either party to a marriage, the court may grant a divorce without regard to fault if the marriage has become insupportable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.002 - Cruelty
  The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if the other spouse is guilty of cruel treatment toward the complaining spouse of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.003 - Adultery
  The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if the other spouse has committed adultery. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.004 - Conviction Of Felony
  (a) The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if during the marriage the other spouse: (1) has been convicted of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.005 - Abandonment
  The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if the other spouse: (1) left the complaining spouse with the intention of abandonment; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.006 - Living Apart
  The court may grant a divorce in favor of either spouse if the spouses have lived apart without cohabitation for at least three years. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.007 - Confinement In Mental Hospital
  The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if at the time the suit is filed: (1) the other spouse has been ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.008 - Defenses
  (a) The defenses to a suit for divorce of recrimination and adultery are abolished. (b) Condonation is a defense to a suit for divorce only ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.101 - Annulment Of Marriage Of Person Under Age 16
  (a) The court may grant an annulment of a licensed marriage of a person under 16 years of age unless a court order has been ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.102 - Annulment Of Marriage Of Person Under Age 18
  (a) The court may grant an annulment of a licensed or informal marriage of a person 16 years of age or older but under 18 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.103 - Underage Annulment Barred By Adulthood
  A suit to annul a marriage may not be filed under Section 6.101 or 6.102 by a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.104 - Discretionary Annulment Of Underage Marriage
  (a) An annulment under Section 6.101 or 6.102 of a marriage may be granted at the discretion of the court sitting without a jury. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.105 - Under Influence Of Alcohol Or Narcotics
  The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if: (1) at the time of the marriage the petitioner ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.106 - Impotency
  The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if: (1) either party, for physical or mental reasons, was ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.107 - Fraud, Duress, Or Force
  The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if: (1) the other party used fraud, duress, or force ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.108 - Mental Incapacity
  (a) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage on the suit of the party or the party's ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.109 - Concealed Divorce
  (a) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if: (1) the other party was divorced from a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.110 - Marriage Less Than 72 Hours After Issuance Of License
  (a) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if the marriage ceremony took place in violation of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.111 - Death Of Party To Voidable Marriage
  A marriage subject to annulment may not be challenged in a proceeding instituted after the death of either party to the marriage. Added by Acts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.201 - Consanguinity
  A marriage is void if one party to the marriage is related to the other as: (1) an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.202 - Marriage During Existence Of Prior Marriage
  (a) A marriage is void if entered into when either party has an existing marriage to another person that has not been dissolved by legal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.203 - Certain Void Marriages Validated
  Except for a marriage that would have been void under Section 6.201, a marriage that was entered into before January 1, 1970, in violation of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.204 - Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage Or Civil Union
  (a) In this section, "civil union" means any relationship status other than marriage that: (1) is intended as an alternative to marriage or applies primarily ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.205 - Marriage To Minor
  A marriage is void if either party to the marriage is younger than 16 years of age. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 268, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.206 - Marriage To Stepchild Or Stepparent
  A marriage is void if a party is a current or former stepchild or stepparent of the other party. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.301 - General Residency Rule For Divorce Suit
  A suit for divorce may not be maintained in this state unless at the time the suit is filed either the petitioner or the respondent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.302 - Suit For Divorce By Nonresident Spouse
  If one spouse has been a domiciliary of this state for at least the last six months, a spouse domiciled in another state or nation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.303 - Absence On Public Service
  Time spent by a Texas domiciliary outside this state or outside the county of residence of the domiciliary while in the service of the armed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.304 - Armed Forces Personnel Not Previously Residents
  A person not previously a resident of this state who is serving in the armed forces of the United States and has been stationed at ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.305 - Acquiring Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Respondent
  (a) If the petitioner in a suit for dissolution of a marriage is a resident or a domiciliary of this state at the time the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.306 - Jurisdiction To Annul Marriage
  (a) A suit for annulment of a marriage may be maintained in this state only if the parties were married in this state or if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.307 - Jurisdiction To Declare Marriage Void
  (a) Either party to a marriage made void by this chapter may sue to have the marriage declared void, or the court may declare the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.308 - Exercising Partial Jurisdiction
  (a) A court in which a suit for dissolution of a marriage is filed may exercise its jurisdiction over those portions of the suit for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.401 - Caption
  (a) Pleadings in a suit for divorce or annulment shall be styled "In the Matter of the Marriage of __________ and __________." (b) Pleadings in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.402 - Pleadings
  (a) A petition in a suit for dissolution of a marriage is sufficient without the necessity of specifying the underlying evidentiary facts if the petition ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.403 - Answer
  The respondent in a suit for dissolution of a marriage is not required to answer on oath or affirmation. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.4035 - Waiver Of Service
  (a) A party to a suit for the dissolution of a marriage may waive the issuance or service of process after the suit is filed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.404 - Information Regarding Protective Orders
  At any time while a suit for dissolution of a marriage is pending, if the court believes, on the basis of any information received by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.405 - Protective Order
  (a) The petition in a suit for dissolution of a marriage must state whether a protective order under Title 4 is in effect or if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.406 - Mandatory Joinder Of Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship
  (a) The petition in a suit for dissolution of a marriage shall state whether there are children born or adopted of the marriage who are ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.407 - Transfer Of Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship To Divorce Court
  (a) If a suit affecting the parent-child relationship is pending at the time the suit for dissolution of a marriage is filed, the suit affecting ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.408 - Service Of Citation
  Citation on the filing of an original petition in a suit for dissolution of a marriage shall be issued and served as in other civil ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.409 - Citation By Publication
  (a) Citation in a suit for dissolution of a marriage may be by publication as in other civil cases, except that notice shall be published ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.410 - Report To Accompany Petition
  At the time a petition for divorce or annulment of a marriage is filed, the petitioner shall also file a completed report that may be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.411 - Confidentiality Of Pleadings
  (a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 3.4 million or more. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, all pleadings ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.501 - Temporary Restraining Order
  (a) After the filing of a suit for dissolution of a marriage, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.502 - Temporary Injunction And Other Temporary Orders
  (a) While a suit for dissolution of a marriage is pending and on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion after ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.503 - Affidavit, Verified Pleading, And Bond Not Required
  (a) A temporary restraining order or temporary injunction under this subchapter: (1) may be granted without an affidavit or a verified pleading stating specific facts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.504 - Protective Orders
  On the motion of a party to a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court may render a protective order as provided by Subtitle ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.505 - Counseling
  (a) While a divorce suit is pending, the court may direct the parties to counsel with a person named by the court. (b) The person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.506 - Contempt
  The violation of a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or other temporary order issued under this subchapter is punishable as contempt. Added by Acts 1997, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.507 - Interlocutory Appeal
  An order under this subchapter, except an order appointing a receiver, is not subject to interlocutory appeal. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.601 - Arbitration Procedures
  (a) On written agreement of the parties, the court may refer a suit for dissolution of a marriage to arbitration. The agreement must state whether ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.602 - Mediation Procedures
  (a) On the written agreement of the parties or on the court's own motion, the court may refer a suit for dissolution of a marriage ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.603 - Collaborative Law
  (a) On a written agreement of the parties and their attorneys, a dissolution of marriage proceeding may be conducted under collaborative law procedures. (b) Collaborative ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.604 - Informal Settlement Conference
  (a) The parties to a suit for dissolution of a marriage may agree to one or more informal settlement conferences and may agree that the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.701 - Failure To Answer
  In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer. Added by Acts 1997, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.702 - Waiting Period
  (a) The court may not grant a divorce before the 60th day after the date the suit was filed. A decree rendered in violation of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.703 - Jury
  In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, either party may demand a jury trial unless the action is a suit to annul an underage ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.704 - Testimony Of Husband Or Wife
  (a) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the husband and wife are competent witnesses for and against each other. A spouse may not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.705 - Testimony By Marriage Counselor
  (a) The report by the person named by the court to counsel the parties to a suit for divorce may not be admitted as evidence ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.706 - Change Of Name
  (a) In a decree of divorce or annulment, the court shall change the name of a party specifically requesting the change to a name previously ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.707 - Transfers And Debts Pending Decree
  (a) A transfer of real or personal community property or a debt incurred by a spouse while a suit for divorce or annulment is pending ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.708 - Costs
  (a) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court as it considers reasonable may award costs to a party. Costs may not be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.709 - Temporary Orders During Appeal
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date an appeal is perfected, on the motion of a party or on the court's own ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.710 - Copy Of Decree
  The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the final decree of dissolution of a marriage to the party who waived service of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.711 - Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law
  (a) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage in which the court has rendered a judgment dividing the estate of the parties, on request ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.801 - Remarriage
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, neither party to a divorce may marry a third party before the 31st day after the date ...
• Texas Family Code Section 6.802 - Waiver Of Prohibition Against Remarriage
  For good cause shown the court may waive the prohibition against remarriage provided by this subchapter as to either or both spouses if a record ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.001 - General Rule Of Property Division
  In a decree of divorce or annulment, the court shall order a division of the estate of the parties in a manner that the court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.002 - Division And Disposition Of Certain Property Under Special Circumstances
  (a) In addition to the division of the estate of the parties required by Section 7.001, in a decree of divorce or annulment the court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.003 - Disposition Of Retirement And Employment Benefits And Other Plans
  In a decree of divorce or annulment, the court shall determine the rights of both spouses in a pension, retirement plan, annuity, individual retirement account, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.004 - Disposition Of Rights In Insurance
  In a decree of divorce or annulment, the court shall specifically divide or award the rights of each spouse in an insurance policy. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.005 - Insurance Coverage Not Specifically Awarded
  (a) If in a decree of divorce or annulment the court does not specifically award all of the rights of the spouses in an insurance ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.006 - Agreement Incident To Divorce Or Annulment
  (a) To promote amicable settlement of disputes in a suit for divorce or annulment, the spouses may enter into a written agreement concerning the division ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.007 - Disposition Of Claim For Economic Contribution Or Claim For Reimbursement
  (a) In a decree of divorce or annulment, the court shall determine the rights of both spouses in a claim for economic contribution as provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 7.008 - Consideration Of Taxes
  In ordering the division of the estate of the parties to a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court may consider: (1) whether a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Maintenance" means an award in a suit for dissolution of a marriage of periodic payments from the future income of one ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.051 - Eligibility For Maintenance; Court Order
  In a suit for dissolution of a marriage or in a proceeding for maintenance in a court with personal jurisdiction over both former spouses following ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.052 - Factors In Determining Maintenance
  A court that determines that a spouse is eligible to receive maintenance under this chapter shall determine the nature, amount, duration, and manner of periodic ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.053 - Presumption
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), it is presumed that maintenance under Section 8.051(2) is not warranted unless the spouse seeking maintenance has exercised ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.054 - Duration Of Maintenance Order
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a court: (1) may not order maintenance that remains in effect for more than three years after the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.055 - Amount Of Maintenance
  (a) A court may not order maintenance that requires an obligor to pay monthly more than the lesser of: (1) $2,500; or (2) 20 percent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.056 - Termination
  (a) The obligation to pay future maintenance terminates on the death of either party or on the remarriage of the obligee. (b) After a hearing, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.057 - Modification Of Maintenance Order
  (a) The amount of maintenance specified in a court order or the portion of a decree that provides for the support of a former spouse ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.058 - Maintenance Arrearages
  A spousal maintenance payment not timely made constitutes an arrearage. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.059 - Enforcement Of Maintenance Order
  (a) The court may enforce by contempt the court's maintenance order or an agreement for the payment of maintenance voluntarily entered into between the parties ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.060 - Putative Spouse
  In a suit to declare a marriage void, a putative spouse who did not have knowledge of an existing impediment to a valid marriage may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.061 - Unmarried Cohabitants
  An order for maintenance is not authorized between unmarried cohabitants under any circumstances. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.101 - Income Withholding; General Rule
  (a) In a proceeding in which periodic payments of spousal maintenance are ordered, modified, or enforced, the court may order that income be withheld from ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.102 - Withholding For Arrearages In Addition To Current Spousal Maintenance
  (a) The court may order that, in addition to income withheld for current spousal maintenance, income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.103 - Withholding For Arrearages When Current Maintenance Is Not Due
  A court may order income withholding to be applied toward arrearages in an amount sufficient to discharge those arrearages in not more than two years ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.104 - Withholding To Satisfy Judgment For Arrearages
  The court, in rendering a cumulative judgment for arrearages, may order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.105 - Priority Of Withholding
  An order or writ of withholding under this chapter has priority over any garnishment, attachment, execution, or other order affecting disposable earnings, except for an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.106 - Maximum Amount Withheld From Earnings
  An order or writ of withholding must direct that an obligor's employer withhold from the obligor's disposable earnings the lesser of: (1) the amount specified ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.107 - Order Or Writ Binding On Employer Doing Business In This State
  An order or writ of withholding issued under this chapter and delivered to an employer doing business in this state is binding on the employer ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.108 - Voluntary Writ Of Withholding By Obligor
  (a) An obligor may file with the clerk of the court a notarized or acknowledged request signed by the obligor and the obligee for the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.151 - Time Limit
  The court may issue an order or writ for withholding under this chapter at any time before all spousal maintenance and arrearages are paid. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.152 - Contents Of Order Of Withholding
  (a) An order of withholding must state: (1) the style, cause number, and court having jurisdiction to enforce the order; (2) the name, address, and, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.153 - Request For Issuance Of Order Or Writ Of Withholding
  An obligor or obligee may file with the clerk of the court a request for issuance of an order or writ of withholding. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.154 - Issuance And Delivery Of Order Or Writ Of Withholding
  (a) On receipt of a request for issuance of an order or writ of withholding, the clerk of the court shall deliver a certified copy ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.201 - Order Or Writ Binding On Employer
  (a) An employer required to withhold income from earnings under this chapter is not entitled to notice of the proceedings before the order of withholding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.202 - Effective Date And Duration Of Income Withholding
  An employer shall begin to withhold income in accordance with an order or writ of withholding not later than the first pay period after the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.203 - Remitting Withheld Payments
  (a) The employer shall remit to the person or office named in the order or writ of withholding the amount of income withheld from an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.204 - Employer May Deduct Fee From Earnings
  An employer may deduct an administrative fee of not more than $5 each month from the obligor's disposable earnings in addition to the amount withheld ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.205 - Hearing Requested By Employer
  (a) Not later than the 20th day after the date an order or writ of withholding is delivered to an employer, the employer may file ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.206 - Liability And Obligation Of Employer For Payments
  (a) An employer who complies with an order or writ of withholding under this chapter is not liable to the obligor for the amount of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.207 - Employer Receiving Multiple Orders Or Writs
  (a) An employer who receives more than one order or writ of withholding to withhold income from the same obligor shall withhold the combined amounts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.208 - Employer's Liability For Discriminatory Hiring Or Discharge
  (a) An employer may not use an order or writ of withholding as grounds in whole or part for the termination of employment of, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.209 - Penalty For Noncompliance
  (a) In addition to the civil remedies provided by this subchapter or any other remedy provided by law, an employer who knowingly violates this chapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.210 - Notice Of Termination Of Employment And Of New Employment
  (a) An obligor who terminates employment with an employer who has been withholding income and the obligor's employer shall each notify the court and the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.251 - Notice Of Application For Writ Of Withholding; Filing
  (a) An obligor or obligee may file a notice of application for a writ of withholding if income withholding was not ordered at the time ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.252 - Contents Of Notice Of Application For Writ Of Withholding
  The notice of application for a writ of withholding must be verified and: (1) state the amount of monthly maintenance due, including the amount of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.253 - Interstate Request For Withholding
  (a) The registration of a foreign order that provides for spousal maintenance or alimony as provided in Chapter 159 is sufficient for filing a notice ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.254 - Additional Arrearages
  If the notice of application for a writ of withholding states that the obligor has failed to pay more than one spousal maintenance payment according ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.255 - Delivery Of Notice Of Application For Writ Of Withholding; Time Of Delivery
  (a) The party who files a notice of application for a writ of withholding shall deliver the notice to the obligor by: (1) first-class or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.256 - Motion To Stay Issuance Of Writ Of Withholding
  (a) The obligor may stay issuance of a writ of withholding by filing a motion to stay with the clerk of the court not later ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.257 - Effect Of Filing Motion To Stay
  If the obligor files a motion to stay as provided by Section 8.256, the clerk of the court may not deliver the writ of withholding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.258 - Hearing On Motion To Stay
  (a) If the obligor files a motion to stay as provided by Section 8.256, the court shall set a hearing on the motion and the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.259 - Special Exceptions
  (a) A defect in a notice of application for a writ of withholding is waived unless the respondent specially excepts in writing and cites with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.260 - Writ Of Withholding After Arrearages Are Paid
  (a) The court may not refuse to order withholding solely on the basis that the obligor paid the arrearages after the obligor received the notice ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.261 - Request For Issuance And Delivery Of Writ Of Withholding
  (a) If a notice of application for a writ of withholding is delivered and the obligor does not file a motion to stay within the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.262 - Issuance And Delivery Of Writ Of Withholding
  The clerk of the court shall, on the filing of a request for issuance of a writ of withholding, issue and deliver the writ as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.263 - Contents Of Writ Of Withholding
  A writ of withholding must direct that an obligor's employer or a subsequent employer withhold from the obligor's disposable earnings an amount for current spousal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.264 - Extension Of Repayment Schedule By Party; Unreasonable Hardship
  A party who files a notice of application for a writ of withholding and who determines that the schedule for repaying arrearages would cause unreasonable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.265 - Remittance Of Amount To Be Withheld
  The obligor's employer shall remit the amount withheld to the person or office named in the writ on each pay date and shall include with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.266 - Failure To Receive Notice Of Application For Writ Of Withholding
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date of the first pay period after the date the obligor's employer receives a writ of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.267 - Issuance And Delivery Of Writ Of Withholding To Subsequent Employer
  (a) After the clerk of the court issues a writ of withholding, a party authorized to file a notice of application for a writ of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.301 - Agreement By Parties Regarding Amount Or Duration Of Withholding
  (a) An obligor and obligee may agree to reduce or terminate income withholding for spousal maintenance on the occurrence of any contingency stated in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.302 - Modifications To Or Termination Of Withholding In Voluntary Withholding Cases
  (a) If an obligor initiates voluntary withholding under Section 8.108, the obligee may file with the clerk of the court a notarized request signed by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.303 - Termination Of Withholding In Mandatory Withholding Cases
  (a) An obligor for whom withholding for maintenance owed or withholding for maintenance and child support owed is mandatory may file a motion to terminate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.304 - Delivery Of Order Of Reduction Or Termination Of Withholding
  Any person may deliver to the obligor's employer a certified copy of an order that reduces the amount of spousal maintenance to be withheld or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 8.305 - Liability Of Employers
  The provisions of this chapter regarding the liability of employers for withholding apply to an order that reduces or terminates withholding. Added by Acts 2001, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.001 - Enforcement Of Decree
  (a) A party affected by a decree of divorce or annulment providing for a division of property as provided by Chapter 7 may request enforcement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.002 - Continuing Authority To Enforce Decree
  The court that rendered the decree of divorce or annulment retains the power to enforce the property division as provided by Chapter 7. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.003 - Filing Deadlines
  (a) A suit to enforce the division of tangible personal property in existence at the time of the decree of divorce or annulment must be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.004 - Applicability To Undivided Property
  The procedures and limitations of this subchapter do not apply to existing property not divided on divorce, which are governed by Subchapter C and by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.005 - No Jury
  A party may not demand a jury trial if the procedures to enforce a decree of divorce or annulment provided by this subchapter are invoked. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.006 - Enforcement Of Division Of Property
  (a) Except as provided by this subchapter and by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the court may render further orders to enforce the division ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.007 - Limitation On Power Of Court To Enforce
  (a) A court may not amend, modify, alter, or change the division of property made or approved in the decree of divorce or annulment. An ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.008 - Clarification Order
  (a) On the request of a party or on the court's own motion, the court may render a clarifying order before a motion for contempt ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.009 - Delivery Of Property
  To enforce the division of property made in a decree of divorce or annulment, the court may make an order to deliver the specific existing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.010 - Reduction To Money Judgment
  (a) If a party fails to comply with a decree of divorce or annulment and delivery of property awarded in the decree is no longer ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.011 - Right To Future Property
  (a) The court may, by any remedy provided by this chapter, enforce an award of the right to receive installment payments or a lump-sum payment ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.012 - Contempt
  (a) The court may enforce by contempt an order requiring delivery of specific property or an award of a right to future property. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.013 - Costs
  The court may award costs in a proceeding to enforce a property division under this subchapter as in other civil cases. Added by Acts 1997, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.014 - Attorney's Fees
  The court may award reasonable attorney's fees as costs in a proceeding under this subchapter. The court may order the attorney's fees to be paid ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.101 - Jurisdiction For Qualified Domestic Relations Order
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court that rendered a final decree of divorce or annulment or another final order dividing property ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.102 - Procedure
  (a) A party to a decree of divorce or annulment may petition the court for a qualified domestic relations order or similar order. (b) Except ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.103 - Prior Failure To Render Qualified Domestic Relations Order
  A party may petition a court to render a qualified domestic relations order or similar order if the court that rendered a final decree of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.104 - Defective Prior Domestic Relations Order
  If a plan administrator or other person acting in an equivalent capacity determines that a domestic relations order does not satisfy the requirements of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.1045 - Amendment Of Qualified Domestic Relations Order
  (a) A court that renders a qualified domestic relations order retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to amend the order to correct the order or clarify the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.105 - Liberal Construction
  The court shall liberally construe this subchapter to effect payment of retirement benefits that were divided by a previous decree that failed to contain a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.201 - Procedure For Division Of Certain Property Not Divided On Divorce Or Annulment
  (a) Either former spouse may file a suit as provided by this subchapter to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.202 - Limitations
  (a) A suit under this subchapter must be filed before the second anniversary of the date a former spouse unequivocally repudiates the existence of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.203 - Division Of Undivided Assets When Prior Court Had Jurisdiction
  (a) If a court of this state failed to dispose of property subject to division in a final decree of divorce or annulment even though ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.204 - Division Of Undivided Assets When Prior Court Lacked Jurisdiction
  (a) If a court of this state failed to dispose of property subject to division in a final decree of divorce or annulment because the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.205 - Attorney's Fees
  In a proceeding to divide property previously undivided in a decree of divorce or annulment as provided by this subchapter, the court may award reasonable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.301 - Pre-Decree Designation Of Ex-Spouse As Beneficiary Of Life Insurance
  (a) If a decree of divorce or annulment is rendered after an insured has designated the insured's spouse as a beneficiary under a life insurance ...
• Texas Family Code Section 9.302 - Pre-Decree Designation Of Ex-Spouse As Beneficiary In Retirement Benefits And Other Financial Plans
  (a) If a decree of divorce or annulment is rendered after a spouse, acting in the capacity of a participant, annuitant, or account holder, has ...
• Texas Family Code Section 31.001 - Requirements
  (a) A minor may petition to have the disabilities of minority removed for limited or general purposes if the minor is: (1) a resident of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 31.002 - Requisites Of Petition; Verification
  (a) The petition for removal of disabilities of minority must state: (1) the name, age, and place of residence of the petitioner; (2) the name ...
• Texas Family Code Section 31.003 - Venue
  The petitioner shall file the petition in the county in which the petitioner resides. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 31.004 - Representation Of Petitioner
  The court shall appoint an amicus attorney or attorney ad litem to represent the interest of the petitioner at the hearing. Amended by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 31.005 - Order
  The court by order, or the Texas Supreme Court by rule or order, may remove the disabilities of minority of a minor, including any restriction ...
• Texas Family Code Section 31.006 - Effect Of General Removal
  Except for specific constitutional and statutory age requirements, a minor whose disabilities are removed for general purposes has the capacity of an adult, including the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 31.007 - Registration Of Order Of Another State Or Nation
  (a) A nonresident minor who has had the disabilities of minority removed in the state of the minor's residence may file a certified copy of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.001 - Consent By Non-Parent
  (a) The following persons may consent to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment of a child when the person having the right to consent as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.002 - Consent Form
  (a) Consent to medical treatment under this subchapter must be in writing, signed by the person giving consent, and given to the doctor, hospital, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.003 - Consent To Treatment By Child
  (a) A child may consent to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment for the child by a licensed physician or dentist if the child: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.004 - Consent To Counseling
  (a) A child may consent to counseling for: (1) suicide prevention; (2) chemical addiction or dependency; or (3) sexual, physical, or emotional abuse. (b) A ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.005 - Examination Without Consent Of Abuse Or Neglect Of Child
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a physician, dentist, or psychologist having reasonable grounds to believe that a child's physical or mental condition has ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.101 - Who May Consent To Immunization Of Child
  (a) In addition to persons authorized to consent to immunization under Chapter 151 and Chapter 153, the following persons may consent to the immunization of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.102 - Informed Consent To Immunization
  (a) A person authorized to consent to the immunization of a child has the responsibility to ensure that the consent, if given, is an informed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.103 - Limited Liability For Immunization
  (a) In the absence of wilful misconduct or gross negligence, a health care provider who accepts the health history and other information given by a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.201 - Emergency Shelter Or Care For Minors
  (a) An emergency shelter facility may provide shelter and care to a minor and the minor's child or children, if any. (b) An emergency shelter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 32.202 - Consent To Emergency Shelter Or Care By Minor
  (a) A minor may consent to emergency shelter or care to be provided to the minor or the minor's child or children, if any, under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Abortion" means the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of a female known by the attending physician to be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.002 - Parental Notice
  (a) A physician may not perform an abortion on a pregnant unemancipated minor unless: (1) the physician performing the abortion gives at least 48 hours ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.003 - Judicial Approval
  (a) A pregnant minor who wishes to have an abortion without notification to one of her parents, her managing conservator, or her guardian may file ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.004 - Appeal
  (a) A minor whose application under Section 33.003 is denied may appeal to the court of appeals having jurisdiction over civil matters in the county ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.005 - Affidavit Of Physician
  (a) A physician may execute for inclusion in the minor's medical record an affidavit stating that, after reasonable inquiry, it is the belief of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.006 - Guardian Ad Litem Immunity
  A guardian ad litem appointed under this chapter and acting in the course and scope of the appointment is not liable for damages arising from ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.007 - Costs Paid By State
  (a) A court acting under Section 33.003 or 33.004 may issue an order requiring the state to pay: (1) the cost of any attorney ad ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.008 - Physician's Duty To Report Abuse Of A Minor; Investigation And Assistance
  (a) A physician who has reason to believe that a minor has been or may be physically or sexually abused by a person responsible for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.009 - Other Reports Of Sexual Abuse Of A Minor
  A court or the guardian ad litem or attorney ad litem for the minor shall report conduct reasonably believed to violate Section 22.011, 22.021, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.010 - Confidentiality
  Notwithstanding any other law, information obtained by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or another entity under Section 33.008 or 33.009 is confidential except ...
• Texas Family Code Section 33.011 - Information Relating To Judicial Bypass
  The Texas Department of Health shall produce and distribute informational materials that explain the rights of a minor under this chapter. The materials must explain ...
• Texas Family Code Section 41.001 - Liability
  A parent or other person who has the duty of control and reasonable discipline of a child is liable for any property damage proximately caused ...
• Texas Family Code Section 41.002 - Limit Of Damages
  Recovery for damage caused by wilful and malicious conduct is limited to actual damages, not to exceed $25,000 per occurrence, plus court costs and reasonable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 41.0025 - Liability For Property Damage To An Inn Or Hotel
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 41.002, recovery of damages by an inn or hotel for wilful and malicious conduct is limited to actual damages, not to exceed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 41.003 - Venue
  A suit as provided by this chapter may be filed in the county in which the conduct of the child occurred or in the county ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Order" means a temporary or final order of a court of this state or another state or nation. (2) "Possessory right" ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.002 - Liability For Interference With Possessory Right
  (a) A person who takes or retains possession of a child or who conceals the whereabouts of a child in violation of a possessory right ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.003 - Aiding Or Assisting Interference With Possessory Right
  (a) A person who aids or assists in conduct for which a cause of action is authorized by this chapter is jointly and severally liable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.005 - Venue
  A suit may be filed in a county in which: (1) the plaintiff resides; (2) the defendant resides; (3) a suit affecting the parent-child relationship ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.006 - Damages
  (a) Damages may include: (1) the actual costs and expenses incurred, including attorney's fees, in: (A) locating a child who is the subject of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.007 - Affirmative Defense
  The defendant may plead as an affirmative defense that the defendant acted in violation of the order with the express consent of the plaintiff. Amended ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.008 - Remedies Not Affected
  This chapter does not affect any other civil or criminal remedy available to any person, including the child, for interference with a possessory right, nor ...
• Texas Family Code Section 42.009 - Frivolous Suit
  A person sued for damages as provided by this chapter is entitled to recover attorney's fees and court costs if: (1) the claim for damages ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.001 - Who May File; Venue
  A parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a child may file a petition requesting a change of name of the child in the county where ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.002 - Requirements Of Petition
  (a) A petition to change the name of a child must be verified and include: (1) the present name and place of residence of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.003 - Citation
  (a) The following persons are entitled to citation in a suit under this subchapter: (1) a parent of the child whose parental rights have not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.004 - Order
  (a) The court may order the name of a child changed if: (1) the change is in the best interest of the child; and (2) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.005 - Liabilities And Rights Unaffected
  A change of name does not: (1) release a child from any liability incurred in the child's previous name; or (2) defeat any right the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.101 - Who May File; Venue
  An adult may file a petition requesting a change of name in the county of the adult's place of residence. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.102 - Requirements Of Petition
  (a) A petition to change the name of an adult must be verified and include: (1) the present name and place of residence of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.103 - Order
  (a) The court shall order a change of name under this subchapter for a person other than a person with a final felony conviction or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.104 - Liabilities And Rights Unaffected
  A change of name under this subchapter does not release a person from liability incurred in that person's previous name or defeat any right the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.105 - Change Of Name In Divorce Suit
  (a) On the final disposition of a suit for divorce, for annulment, or to declare a marriage void, the court shall enter a decree changing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 45.106 - Change Of Name Certificate
  (a) A person whose name is changed under Section 6.706 or 45.105 may apply to the clerk of the court ordering the name change for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.01 - Purpose And Interpretation
  This title shall be construed to effectuate the following public purposes: (1) to provide for the protection of the public and public safety; (2) consistent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.02 - Definitions
  In this title: (1) "Aggravated controlled substance felony" means an offense under Subchapter D, Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, that is punishable by: (A) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.03 - Delinquent Conduct; Conduct Indicating A Need For Supervision
  (a) Delinquent conduct is: (1) conduct, other than a traffic offense, that violates a penal law of this state or of the United States punishable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.031 - Habitual Felony Conduct
  (a) Habitual felony conduct is conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony, other than a state jail felony, if: (1) the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.04 - Jurisdiction
  (a) This title covers the proceedings in all cases involving the delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision engaged in by a person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.041 - Jurisdiction After Appeal
  (a) The court retains jurisdiction over a person, without regard to the age of the person, for conduct engaged in by the person before becoming ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.0411 - Jurisdiction For Transfer Or Release Hearing
  The court retains jurisdiction over a person, without regard to the age of the person, who is referred to the court under Section 54.11 for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.0412 - Jurisdiction Over Incomplete Proceedings
  The court retains jurisdiction over a person, without regard to the age of the person, who is a respondent in an adjudication proceeding, a disposition ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.042 - Objection To Jurisdiction Because Of Age Of The Child
  (a) A child who objects to the jurisdiction of the court over the child because of the age of the child must raise the objection ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.045 - Juries In County Courts At Law
  If a provision of this title requires a jury of 12 persons, that provision prevails over any other law that limits the number of members ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.05 - Court Sessions And Facilities
  (a) The juvenile court shall be deemed in session at all times. Suitable quarters shall be provided by the commissioners court of each county for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.06 - Venue
  (a) A proceeding under this title shall be commenced in (1) the county in which the alleged delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.07 - Transfer To Another County For Disposition
  When a child has been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision under Section 54.03, the juvenile court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.071 - Transfer Of Probation Supervision Between Counties: Courtesy Supervision Prohibited
  Except as provided by Section 51.075, a juvenile court or juvenile probation department may not engage in the practice of courtesy supervision of a child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.072 - Transfer Of Probation Supervision Between Counties: Interim Supervision
  (a) In this section: (1) "Receiving county" means the county to which a child on probation has moved or intends to move. (2) "Sending county" ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.073 - Transfer Of Probation Supervision Between Counties: Permanent Supervision
  (a) In this section: (1) "Receiving county" means the county to which a child on probation has moved or intends to move. (2) "Sending county" ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.074 - Transfer Of Probation Supervision Between Counties: Deferred Prosecution
  A juvenile court may transfer interim supervision, but not permanent supervision, to the county where a child on deferred prosecution resides. Added by Acts 2005, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.075 - Collaborative Supervision Between Adjoining Counties
  (a) If a child who is on probation in one county spends substantial time in an adjoining county, including residing, attending school, or working in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.08 - Transfer From Criminal Court
  (a) If the defendant in a criminal proceeding is a child who is charged with an offense other than perjury, a traffic offense, a misdemeanor ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.09 - Waiver Of Rights
  Unless a contrary intent clearly appears elsewhere in this title, any right granted to a child by this title or by the constitution or laws ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.095 - Admissibility Of A Statement Of A Child
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 51.09, the statement of a child is admissible in evidence in any future proceeding concerning the matter about which the statement was ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.10 - Right To Assistance Of Attorney; Compensation
  (a) A child may be represented by an attorney at every stage of proceedings under this title, including: (1) the detention hearing required by Section ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.101 - Appointment Of Attorney And Continuation Of Representation
  (a) If an attorney is appointed at the initial detention hearing and the child is detained, the attorney shall continue to represent the child until ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.102 - Appointment Of Counsel Plan
  (a) The juvenile board in each county shall adopt a plan that: (1) specifies the qualifications necessary for an attorney to be included on an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.11 - Guardian Ad Litem
  (a) If a child appears before the juvenile court without a parent or guardian, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to protect the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.115 - Attendance At Hearing: Parent Or Other Guardian
  (a) Each parent of a child, each managing and possessory conservator of a child, each court-appointed custodian of a child, and a guardian of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.116 - Right To Reemployment
  (a) An employer may not terminate the employment of a permanent employee because the employee is required under Section 51.115 to attend a hearing. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.12 - Place And Conditions Of Detention
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (h), a child may be detained only in a: (1) juvenile processing office in compliance with Section 52.025; (2) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.13 - Effect Of Adjudication Or Disposition
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an order of adjudication or disposition in a proceeding under this title is not a conviction of crime. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.151 - Polygraph Examination
  If a child is taken into custody under Section 52.01 of this code, a person may not administer a polygraph examination to the child without ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.17 - Procedure And Evidence
  (a) Except for the burden of proof to be borne by the state in adjudicating a child to be delinquent or in need of supervision ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.18 - Election Between Juvenile Court And Alternate Juvenile Court
  (a) This section applies only to a child who has a right to a trial before a juvenile court the judge of which is not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.19 - Limitation Periods
  (a) The limitation periods and the procedures for applying the limitation periods under Chapter 12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and other statutory law apply to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.20 - Physical Or Mental Examination
  (a) At any stage of the proceedings under this title, the juvenile court may order a child who is referred to the juvenile court or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 51.21 - Mental Health Screening And Referral
  (a) A probation department that administers the mental health screening instrument or clinical assessment required by Section 141.042(e), Human Resources Code, shall refer the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.01 - Taking Into Custody; Issuance Of Warning Notice
  (a) A child may be taken into custody: (1) pursuant to an order of the juvenile court under the provisions of this subtitle; (2) pursuant ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.015 - Directive To Apprehend
  (a) On the request of a law-enforcement or probation officer, a juvenile court may issue a directive to apprehend a child if the court finds ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.0151 - Bench Warrant; Attachment Of Witness In Custody
  (a) If a witness is in a placement in the custody of the Texas Youth Commission, a juvenile secure detention facility, or a juvenile secure ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.02 - Release Or Delivery To Court
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person taking a child into custody, without unnecessary delay and without first taking the child to any ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.025 - Designation Of Juvenile Processing Office
  (a) The juvenile board may designate an office or a room, which may be located in a police facility or sheriff's offices, as the juvenile ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.026 - Responsibility For Transporting Juvenile Offenders
  (a) It shall be the duty of the law enforcement officer who has taken a child into custody to transport the child to the appropriate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.03 - Disposition Without Referral To Court
  (a) A law-enforcement officer authorized by this title to take a child into custody may dispose of the case of a child taken into custody ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.031 - First Offender Program
  (a) A juvenile board may establish a first offender program under this section for the referral and disposition of children taken into custody for: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.032 - Informal Disposition Guidelines
  The juvenile board of each county, in cooperation with each law enforcement agency in the county, shall adopt guidelines for the disposition of a child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.04 - Referral To Juvenile Court; Notice To Parents
  (a) The following shall accompany referral of a child or a child's case to the office or official designated by the juvenile board or be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 52.041 - Referral Of Child To Juvenile Court After Expulsion
  (a) A school district that expels a child shall refer the child to juvenile court in the county in which the child resides. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.01 - Preliminary Investigation And Determinations; Notice To Parents
  (a) On referral of a person believed to be a child or on referral of the person's case to the office or official designated by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.012 - Review By Prosecutor
  (a) The prosecuting attorney shall promptly review the circumstances and allegations of a referral made under Section 53.01 for legal sufficiency and the desirability of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.013 - Progressive Sanctions Program
  Each juvenile board may adopt a progressive sanctions program using the model for progressive sanctions in Chapter 59. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.02 - Release From Detention
  (a) If a child is brought before the court or delivered to a detention facility as authorized by Sections 51.12(a)(3) and (4), the intake or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.03 - Deferred Prosecution
  (a) Subject to Subsections (e) and (g), if the preliminary investigation required by Section 53.01 of this code results in a determination that further proceedings ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.035 - Grand Jury Referral
  (a) The prosecuting attorney may, before filing a petition under Section 53.04, refer an offense to a grand jury in the county in which the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.04 - Court Petition; Answer
  (a) If the preliminary investigation, required by Section 53.01 of this code results in a determination that further proceedings are authorized and warranted, a petition ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.045 - Violent Or Habitual Offenders
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the prosecuting attorney may refer the petition to the grand jury of the county in which the court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.05 - Time Set For Hearing
  (a) After the petition has been filed, the juvenile court shall set a time for the hearing. (b) The time set for the hearing shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.06 - Summons
  (a) The juvenile court shall direct issuance of a summons to: (1) the child named in the petition; (2) the child's parent, guardian, or custodian; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.07 - Service Of Summons
  (a) If a person to be served with a summons is in this state and can be found, the summons shall be served upon him ...
• Texas Family Code Section 53.08 - Writ Of Attachment
  (a) The juvenile court may issue a writ of attachment for a person who violates an order entered under Section 53.06(c). (b) A writ of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.01 - Detention Hearing
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (p), if the child is not released under Section 53.02, a detention hearing without a jury shall be held ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.011 - Detention Hearings For Status Offenders And Nonoffenders; Penalty
  (a) The detention hearing for a status offender or nonoffender who has not been released administratively under Section 53.02 shall be held before the 24th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.012 - Interactive Video Recording Of Detention Hearing
  (a) A detention hearing under Section 54.01 may be held using interactive video equipment if: (1) the child and the child's attorney agree to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.02 - Waiver Of Jurisdiction And Discretionary Transfer To Criminal Court
  (a) The juvenile court may waive its exclusive original jurisdiction and transfer a child to the appropriate district court or criminal district court for criminal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.021 - County, Justice, Or Municipal Court: Truancy
  (a) The juvenile court may waive its exclusive original jurisdiction and transfer a child to the constitutional county court, if the county has a population ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.03 - Adjudication Hearing
  (a) A child may be found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision only after an adjudication hearing conducted ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.031 - Hearsay Statement Of Child Abuse Victim
  (a) This section applies to a hearing under this title in which a child is alleged to be a delinquent child on the basis of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.032 - Deferral Of Adjudication And Dismissal Of Certain Cases On Completion Of Teen Court Program
  (a) A juvenile court may defer adjudication proceedings under Section 54.03 for not more than 180 days if the child: (1) is alleged to have ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.033 - Sexually Transmitted Disease, Aids, And Hiv Testing
  (a) A child found at the conclusion of an adjudication hearing under Section 54.03 of this code to have engaged in delinquent conduct that included ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.034 - Limited Right To Appeal: Warning
  Before the court may accept a child's plea or stipulation of evidence in a proceeding held under this title, the court shall inform the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.04 - Disposition Hearing
  (a) The disposition hearing shall be separate, distinct, and subsequent to the adjudication hearing. There is no right to a jury at the disposition hearing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.0405 - Child Placed On Probation For Conduct Constituting Sexual Offense
  (a) If a court or jury makes a disposition under Section 54.04 in which a child described by Subsection (b) is placed on probation, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.0406 - Child Placed On Probation For Conduct Involving A Handgun
  (a) If a court or jury places a child on probation under Section 54.04(d) for conduct that violates a penal law that includes as an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.0407 - Cruelty To Animals: Counseling Required
  If a child is found to have engaged in delinquent conduct constituting an offense under Section 42.09, Penal Code, the juvenile court shall order the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.0408 - Referral Of Child Exiting Probation To Mental Health Or Mental Retardation Authority
  A juvenile probation officer shall refer a child who has been determined to have a mental illness or mental retardation to an appropriate local mental ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.041 - Orders Affecting Parents And Others
  (a) When a child has been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision and the juvenile court has ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.0411 - Juvenile Probation Diversion Fund
  (a) If a disposition hearing is held under Section 54.04 of this code, the juvenile court, after giving the child, parent, or other person responsible ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.042 - License Suspension
  (a) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04, shall: (1) order the Department of Public Safety to suspend a child's driver's license ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.043 - Monitoring School Attendance
  If the court places a child on probation under Section 54.04(d) and requires as a condition of probation that the child attend school, the probation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.044 - Community Service
  (a) If the court places a child on probation under Section 54.04(d), the court shall require as a condition of probation that the child work ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.045 - Admission Of Unadjudicated Conduct
  (a) During a disposition hearing under Section 54.04, a child may: (1) admit having engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.046 - Conditions Of Probation For Damaging Property With Graffiti
  (a) If a juvenile court places on probation under Section 54.04(d) a child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of Section 28.08, Penal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.0461 - Payment Of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Fees
  (a) If a child is adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct that violates Section 28.08, Penal Code, the juvenile court shall order the child, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.047 - Alcohol Related Offense
  If the court or jury finds at an adjudication hearing for a child that the child engaged in conduct indicating a need for supervision or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.048 - Restitution
  (a) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04, may order restitution to be made by the child and the child's parents. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.049 - Conditions Of Probation For Desecrating A Cemetery Or Abusing A Corpse
  (a) If a juvenile court places on probation under Section 54.04(d) a child adjudicated to have engaged in conduct in violation of Section 28.03(f), Penal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.05 - Hearing To Modify Disposition
  (a) Any disposition, except a commitment to the Texas Youth Commission, may be modified by the juvenile court as provided in this section until: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.051 - Transfer Of Determinate Sentence Probation To Appropriate District Court
  (a) On motion of the state concerning a child who is placed on probation under Section 54.04(q) for a period, including any extension ordered under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.06 - Judgments For Support
  (a) At any stage of the proceeding, when a child has been placed outside the child's home, the juvenile court, after giving the parent or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.061 - Payment Of Probation Fees
  (a) If a child is placed on probation under Section 54.04(d)(1) of this code, the juvenile court, after giving the child, parent, or other person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.07 - Enforcement Of Order
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or a juvenile court child support order, any order of the juvenile court may be enforced as provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.08 - Public Access To Court Hearings
  (a) Except as provided by this section, the court shall open hearings under this title to the public unless the court, for good cause shown, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.09 - Recording Of Proceedings
  All judicial proceedings under this chapter except detention hearings shall be recorded by stenographic notes or by electronic, mechanical, or other appropriate means. Upon request ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.10 - Hearings Before Referee
  Text of subsec. (a) effective until date on which Interstate Compact for Juveniles takes effect. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a hearing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 54.11 - Release Or Transfer Hearing
  (a) On receipt of a referral under Section 61.079(a), Human Resources Code, for the transfer to the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.01 - Meaning Of "Having A Mental Illness"
  For purposes of this chapter, a child who is described as having a mental illness means a child who suffers from mental illness as defined ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.02 - Mental Health And Mental Retardation Jurisdiction
  For the purpose of initiating proceedings to order mental health or mental retardation services for a child or for commitment of a child as provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.03 - Standards Of Care
  (a) Except as provided by this chapter, a child for whom inpatient mental health services is ordered by a court under this chapter shall be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.11 - Mental Illness Determination; Examination
  (a) On a motion by a party, the juvenile court shall determine whether probable cause exists to believe that a child who is alleged by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.12 - Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If, after considering all relevant information, the juvenile court determines that evidence exists to support a finding that a child has a mental illness and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.13 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates proceedings for temporary or extended mental health services under Section 55.12(1), the prosecuting attorney or the attorney for the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.14 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to the appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.12(2), the juvenile court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.15 - Standards Of Care; Expiration Of Court Order For Mental Health Services
  If the juvenile court or a court to which the child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) orders mental health services for the child, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.16 - Order For Mental Health Services; Stay Of Proceedings
  (a) If the court to which the child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) orders temporary or extended inpatient mental health services for the child, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.17 - Mental Health Services Not Ordered; Dissolution Of Stay
  (a) If the court to which a child's case is referred under Section 55.12(2) does not order temporary or extended inpatient mental health services for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.18 - Discharge From Mental Health Facility Before Reaching 18 Years Of Age
  If the child is discharged from the mental health facility before reaching 18 years of age, the juvenile court may: (1) dismiss the juvenile court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.19 - Transfer To Criminal Court On 18th Birthday
  (a) The juvenile court shall transfer all pending proceedings from the juvenile court to a criminal court on the 18th birthday of a child for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.31 - Unfitness To Proceed Determination; Examination
  (a) A child alleged by petition or found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision who as a result ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.32 - Hearing On Issue Of Fitness To Proceed
  (a) If the juvenile court determines that evidence exists to support a finding that a child is unfit to proceed as a result of mental ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.33 - Proceedings Following Finding Of Unfitness To Proceed
  (a) If the juvenile court or jury determines under Section 55.32 that a child is unfit to proceed with the juvenile court proceedings for delinquent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.34 - Transportation To And From Facility
  (a) If the court issues a placement order under Section 55.33(a)(1), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.35 - Information Required To Be Sent To Facility; Report To Court
  (a) If the juvenile court issues a placement order under Section 55.33(a), the court shall order the probation department to send copies of any information ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.36 - Report That Child Is Fit To Proceed; Hearing On Objection
  (a) If a report submitted under Section 55.35(b) states that a child is fit to proceed, the juvenile court shall find that the child is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.37 - Report That Child Is Unfit To Proceed As A Result Of Mental Illness; Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If a report submitted under Section 55.35(b) states that a child is unfit to proceed as a result of mental illness and that the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.38 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.37(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for court-ordered mental ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.39 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.37(2), the juvenile court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.40 - Report That Child Is Unfit To Proceed As A Result Of Mental Retardation
  If a report submitted under Section 55.35(b) states that a child is unfit to proceed as a result of mental retardation and that the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.41 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Mental Retardation
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.40(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for placement under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.42 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Mental Retardation
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.40(2), the juvenile court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.43 - Restoration Hearing
  (a) The prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court a motion for a restoration hearing concerning a child if: (1) the child is found ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.44 - Transfer To Criminal Court On 18th Birthday Of Child
  (a) The juvenile court shall transfer all pending proceedings from the juvenile court to a criminal court on the 18th birthday of a child for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.45 - Standards Of Care; Notice Of Release Or Furlough
  (a) If the juvenile court or a court to which the child's case is referred under Section 55.37(2) orders mental health services for the child, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.51 - Lack Of Responsibility For Conduct Determination; Examination
  (a) A child alleged by petition to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision is not responsible for the conduct ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.52 - Proceedings Following Finding Of Lack Of Responsibility For Conduct
  (a) If the court or jury finds that a child is not responsible for the child's conduct under Section 55.51, the court shall: (1) if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.53 - Transportation To And From Facility
  (a) If the court issues a placement order under Section 55.52(a)(1), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.54 - Information Required To Be Sent To Facility; Report To Court
  (a) If the juvenile court issues a placement order under Section 55.52(a), the court shall order the probation department to send copies of any information ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.55 - Report That Child Is Not Mentally Ill Or Mentally Retarded; Hearing On Objection
  (a) If a report submitted under Section 55.54(b) states that a child does not have a mental illness or mental retardation, the juvenile court shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.56 - Report That Child Has Mental Illness; Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If a report submitted under Section 55.54(b) states that a child has a mental illness and that the child meets the commitment criteria for civil ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.57 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.56(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for court-ordered mental ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.58 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Mental Illness
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.56(2), the juvenile court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.59 - Report That Child Has Mental Retardation; Initiation Of Commitment Proceedings
  If a report submitted under Section 55.54(b) states that a child has mental retardation and that the child meets the commitment criteria for civil commitment ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.60 - Commitment Proceedings In Juvenile Court For Mental Retardation
  (a) If the juvenile court initiates commitment proceedings under Section 55.59(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for placement under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 55.61 - Referral For Commitment Proceedings For Mental Retardation
  (a) If the juvenile court refers the child's case to an appropriate court for the initiation of commitment proceedings under Section 55.59(2), the juvenile court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 56.01 - Right To Appeal
  (a) An appeal from an order of a juvenile court is to a court of appeals and the case may be carried to the Texas ...
• Texas Family Code Section 56.02 - Transcript On Appeal
  (a) An attorney retained to represent a child on appeal who desires to have included in the record on appeal a transcription of notes of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 56.03 - Appeal By State In Cases Of Violent Or Habitual Offender
  (a) In this section, "prosecuting attorney" means the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney who has the primary responsibility of presenting cases in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Close relative of a deceased victim" means a person who was the spouse of a deceased victim at the time of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.002 - Victim's Rights
  (a) A victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim is entitled to the following rights within the juvenile justice system: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.003 - Duty Of Juvenile Board
  (a) The juvenile board shall ensure to the extent practicable that a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.0031 - Notification Of Rights Of Victims Of Juveniles
  At the initial contact or at the earliest possible time after the initial contact between the victim of a reported crime and the juvenile probation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.004 - Notification
  A court, a person appointed by the court, or the Texas Youth Commission is responsible for notifying a victim, guardian of a victim, or close ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.005 - Liability
  The Texas Youth Commission, a juvenile board, a court, a person appointed by a court, an attorney for the state, a peace officer, or a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.006 - Appeal
  The failure or inability of any person to provide a right or service listed under Section 57.002 of this code may not be used by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.007 - Standing
  A victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a victim does not have standing to participate as a party in a juvenile proceeding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 57.008 - Court Order For Protection From Juveniles
  (a) A court may issue an order for protection from juveniles directed against a child to protect a victim of the child's conduct who, because ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.001 - Collection Of Records Of Children
  (a) Law enforcement officers and other juvenile justice personnel shall collect information described by Section 58.104 as a part of the juvenile justice information system ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.002 - Photographs And Fingerprints Of Children
  (a) Except as provided by Chapter 63, Code of Criminal Procedure, a child may not be photographed or fingerprinted without the consent of the juvenile ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.0021 - Fingerprints Or Photographs For Comparison In Investigation
  (a) A law enforcement officer may take temporary custody of a child to take the child's fingerprints if: (1) the officer has probable cause to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.0022 - Fingerprints Or Photographs To Identify Runaways
  A law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody with probable cause to believe that the child has engaged in conduct indicating a need ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.003 - Sealing Of Records
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), on the application of a person who has been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.005 - Confidentiality Of Records
  (a) Records and files concerning a child, including personally identifiable information, and information obtained for the purpose of diagnosis, examination, evaluation, or treatment or for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.0051 - Interagency Sharing Of Records
  (a) Within each county, a district school superintendent and the juvenile probation department may enter into a written interagency agreement to share information about juvenile ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.006 - Destruction Of Certain Records
  The court shall order the destruction of the records relating to the conduct for which a child is taken into custody, including records contained in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.007 - Physical Records Or Files
  (a) This section applies only to the inspection and maintenance of a physical record or file concerning a child and the storage of information, by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.0071 - Destruction Of Certain Physical Records And Files
  (a) In this section: (1) "Juvenile case" means: (A) a referral for conduct indicating a need for supervision or delinquent conduct; or (B) if a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.0072 - Dissemination Of Juvenile Justice Information
  (a) Except as provided by this section, juvenile justice information collected and maintained by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for statistical and research purposes is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.082, Government Code. (2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.102 - Juvenile Justice Information System
  (a) The department is responsible for recording data and maintaining a database for a computerized juvenile justice information system that serves: (1) as the record ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.103 - Purpose Of System
  The purpose of the juvenile justice information system is to: (1) provide agencies and personnel within the juvenile justice system accurate information relating to children ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.104 - Types Of Information Collected
  (a) Subject to Subsection (f), the juvenile justice information system shall consist of information relating to delinquent conduct committed by a juvenile offender that, if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.105 - Duties Of Juvenile Board
  Each juvenile board shall provide for: (1) the compilation and maintenance of records and information needed for reporting information to the department under this subchapter; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.106 - Confidentiality
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, information contained in the juvenile justice information system is confidential information for the use of the department ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.107 - Compatibility Of Data
  Data supplied to the juvenile justice information system must be compatible with the system and must contain both incident numbers and state identification numbers. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.108 - Duties Of Agencies And Courts
  (a) A juvenile justice agency and a clerk of a juvenile court shall: (1) compile and maintain records needed for reporting data required by the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.109 - Uniform Incident Fingerprint Card
  (a) The department may provide for the use of a uniform incident fingerprint card in the maintenance of the juvenile justice information system. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.110 - Reporting
  (a) The department by rule shall develop reporting procedures that ensure that the juvenile offender processing data is reported from the time a juvenile offender ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.111 - Local Data Advisory Boards
  The commissioners court of each county may create a local data advisory board to perform the same duties relating to the juvenile justice information system ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.112 - Report To Legislature
  Not later than August 15 of each year, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission shall submit to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.113 - Warrants
  The department shall maintain in a computerized database that is accessible by the same entities that may access the juvenile justice information system information relating ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.201 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, § 41, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.202 - Exempted Records
  The following records are exempt from this subchapter: (1) sex offender registration records maintained by the department or a local law enforcement agency under Chapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.203 - Certification
  (a) The department shall certify to the juvenile probation department to which a referral was made that resulted in information being submitted to the juvenile ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.204 - Restricted Access On Certification
  (a) On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203, the department, except as provided by Subsection (b): (1) may not disclose the existence ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.205 - Request To The Federal Bureau Of Investigation On Certification
  On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203, the department shall request the Federal Bureau of Investigation to: (1) place the information in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.206 - Effect Of Certification In Relation To The Protected Person
  (a) On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203: (1) the person who is the subject of the records is not required to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.207 - Juvenile Court Orders On Certification
  (a) On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203, the juvenile court shall order: (1) that the following records relating to the case ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.208 - Information To Child On Discharge
  On the final discharge of a child from the juvenile system or on the last official action in the case, if there is no adjudication, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.209 - Information To Child By Probation Officer Or Texas Youth Commission
  (a) When a child is placed on probation for an offense that may be eligible for automatic restricted access at age 21 or when a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.210 - Sealing Or Destruction Of Records Not Affected
  (a) This subchapter does not prevent or restrict the sealing or destruction of juvenile records as authorized by law. (b) Restricted access provided under this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.211 - Rescinding Restricted Access
  (a) If the department has notified a juvenile probation department that a record has been placed on restricted access and the department later receives information ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.301 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "County juvenile board" means a juvenile board created under Chapter 152, Human Resources Code. (2) "Governmental placement facility" means a juvenile ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.302 - Purposes Of System
  The purposes of a local juvenile justice information system are to: (1) provide accurate information at the county or regional level relating to children who ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.303 - Local Juvenile Justice Information System
  (a) Juvenile justice agencies in a county or region of this state may jointly create and maintain a local juvenile justice information system to aid ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.304 - Types Of Information Contained In A Local Juvenile Information System
  (a) Subject to Subsection (d), a local juvenile justice information system must consist of: (1) information relating to all referrals to the juvenile court of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.305 - Partner Agencies
  (a) A local juvenile justice information system shall to the extent possible include the following partner agencies within that county: (1) the juvenile court; (2) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.306 - Access To Information; Levels
  (a) This section describes the level of access to information to which each partner agency in a local juvenile justice information system is entitled. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 58.307 - Confidentiality Of Information
  (a) Information that is part of a local juvenile justice system is not public information and may not be released to the public, except as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.001 - Purposes
  The purposes of the progressive sanctions model are to: (1) ensure that juvenile offenders face uniform and consistent consequences and punishments that correspond to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.002 - Sanction Level Assignment By Probation Department
  (a) The probation department may assign a sanction level of one to a child referred to the probation department under Section 53.012. (b) The probation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.003 - Sanction Level Assignment Model
  (a) Subject to Subsection (e), after a child's first commission of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision, the probation department or prosecuting ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.004 - Sanction Level One
  (a) For a child at sanction level one, the juvenile court or probation department may: (1) require counseling for the child regarding the child's conduct; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.005 - Sanction Level Two
  (a) For a child at sanction level two, the juvenile court, the prosecuting attorney, or the probation department may, as provided by Section 53.03: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.006 - Sanction Level Three
  (a) For a child at sanction level three, the juvenile court may: (1) place the child on probation for not less than six months; (2) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.007 - Sanction Level Four
  (a) For a child at sanction level four, the juvenile court may: (1) require the child to participate as a condition of probation for not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.008 - Sanction Level Five
  (a) For a child at sanction level five, the juvenile court may: (1) as a condition of probation, place the child for not less than ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.009 - Sanction Level Six
  (a) For a child at sanction level six, the juvenile court may commit the child to the custody of the Texas Youth Commission. The commission ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.010 - Sanction Level Seven
  (a) For a child at sanction level seven, the juvenile court may certify and transfer the child under Section 54.02 or sentence the child to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.011 - Duty Of Juvenile Board
  A juvenile board shall require the juvenile probation department to report progressive sanction data electronically to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission in the format and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.012 - Reports By Criminal Justice Policy Council
  (a) The Criminal Justice Policy Council shall analyze trends related to juvenile referrals and the impact of reforms on recidivism rates using standard scientific sampling ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.013 - Liability
  The Texas Youth Commission, a juvenile board, a court, a person appointed by a court, an attorney for the state, a peace officer, or a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.014 - Appeal
  A child may not bring an appeal or a postconviction writ of habeas corpus based on: (1) the failure or inability of any person to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 59.015 - Waiver Of Sanctions On Parents Or Guardians
  On a finding by the juvenile court or probation department that a child's parents or guardians have made a reasonable good faith effort to prevent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 60.009 - Additional Procedures Not Precluded
  Text of section effective until date on which Interstate Compact for Juveniles takes effect. In addition to the procedures provided in Articles IV and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 60.009 - Additional Procedures Not Precluded
  Text of section effective upon date on which the Interstate Compact for Juveniles takes effect. In addition to any procedures developed under the compact ...
• Texas Family Code Section 60.010 - Interstate Compact For Juveniles
  ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return of juveniles, ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § A. Bylaws 1. The Interstate Commission shall, by a majority of the members present and voting, within 12 months of the first ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § B. Officers and Staff 1. The Interstate Commission shall, by a majority of the members, elect annually from among its members a ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § C. Qualified Immunity, Defense, and Indemnification 1. The Interstate Commission's executive director and employees shall be immune from suit and liability, either ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § A. Oversight 1. The Interstate Commission shall oversee the administration and operations of the interstate movement of juveniles subject to this compact ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § B. Dispute Resolution 1. The compacting states shall report to the Interstate Commission on all issues and activities necessary for the administration ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § A. Withdrawal 1. Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every compacting state, provided that ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § B. Technical Assistance, Fines, Suspension, Termination, and Default 1. If the Interstate Commission determines that any compacting state has at any time ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § C. Judicial Enforcement The Interstate Commission may, by majority vote of the members, initiate legal action in the United States District Court ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § D. Dissolution of Compact 1. The compact dissolves effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the compacting state, which ...
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  § A. Other Laws 1. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 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 - 1, 2005
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• Texas Family Code Section 60.011 - Effect Of Texas Laws
  Text of section effective upon date on which Interstate Compact for Juveniles takes effect. If the laws of this state conflict with the compact, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 60.012 - Liabilities For Certain Commission Agents
  Text of section effective upon date on which Interstate Compact for Juveniles takes effect. The compact administrator and each member, officer, executive director, employee, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.002 - Applicability
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies to a proceeding to enter a juvenile court order: (1) for payment of probation fees ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.003 - Entry Of Juvenile Court Order Against Parent Or Other Eligible Person
  (a) To comply with the requirements of due process of law, the juvenile court shall: (1) provide sufficient notice in writing or orally in a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.0031 - Transfer Of Order Affecting Parent Or Other Eligible Person To County Of Child's Residence
  (a) This section applies only when: (1) a juvenile court has placed a parent or other eligible person under a court order under this chapter; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.004 - Appeal
  (a) The parent or other eligible person against whom a final juvenile court order has been entered may appeal as provided by law from judgments ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.051 - Motion For Enforcement
  (a) A party initiates enforcement of a juvenile court order by filing a written motion. In ordinary and concise language, the motion must: (1) identify ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.052 - Notice And Appearance
  (a) On the filing of a motion for enforcement, the court shall by written notice set the date, time, and place of the hearing and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.053 - Attorney For The Person
  (a) In a proceeding on a motion for enforcement where incarceration is a possible punishment against a person who is not represented by an attorney, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.054 - Compensation Of Appointed Attorney
  (a) An attorney appointed to represent an indigent person is entitled to a reasonable fee for services to be paid from the general fund of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.055 - Conduct Of Enforcement Hearing
  (a) The juvenile court shall require that the enforcement hearing be recorded as provided by Section 54.09. (b) The movant must prove beyond a reasonable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.056 - Affirmative Defense Of Inability To Pay
  (a) In an enforcement hearing in which the motion for enforcement alleges that the person against whom enforcement is sought failed to pay restitution, court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.057 - Punishment For Contempt
  (a) On a finding of contempt, the juvenile court may commit the person to the county jail for a term not to exceed six months ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.101 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "parent" includes the guardian or custodian of a child. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, § 28, eff. Sept. 1, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.102 - Right To Be Informed Of Proceeding
  (a) The parent of a child referred to a juvenile court is entitled as soon as practicable after the referral to be informed by staff ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.103 - Right Of Access To Child
  (a) The parent of a child taken into custody for delinquent conduct, conduct indicating a need for supervision, or conduct that violates a condition of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.104 - Parental Written Statement
  (a) When a petition for adjudication, a motion or petition to modify disposition, or a motion or petition for discretionary transfer to criminal court is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.105 - Parental Oral Statement
  (a) After all the evidence has been received but before the arguments of counsel at a hearing for discretionary transfer to criminal court, a disposition ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.106 - Appeal Or Collateral Challenge
  The failure or inability of a person to perform an act or to provide a right or service listed under this subchapter may not be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 61.107 - Liability
  The Texas Youth Commission, a juvenile board, a court, a person appointed by the court, an employee of a juvenile probation department, an attorney for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.001 - Applicability Of Definitions
  (a) Definitions in this chapter apply to this title. (b) If, in another part of this title, a term defined by this chapter has a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.002 - Court
  "Court" means the district court, court of domestic relations, juvenile court having the jurisdiction of a district court, statutory county court, constitutional county court, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.0021 - Dating Violence
  (a) "Dating violence" means an act by an individual that is against another individual with whom that person has or has had a dating relationship ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.003 - Family
  "Family" includes individuals related by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Sections 573.022 and 573.024, Government Code, individuals who are former spouses of each other, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.004 - Family Violence
  "Family violence" means: (1) an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.005 - Household
  "Household" means a unit composed of persons living together in the same dwelling, without regard to whether they are related to each other. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.006 - Member Of A Household
  "Member of a household" includes a person who previously lived in a household. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May ...
• Texas Family Code Section 71.007 - Prosecuting Attorney
  "Prosecuting attorney" means the attorney, determined as provided in this title, who represents the state in a district or statutory county court in the county ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.001 - Entitlement To Protective Order
  A court shall render a protective order as provided by Section 85.001(b) if the court finds that family violence has occurred and is likely to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.002 - No Fee For Applicant
  An applicant for a protective order or an attorney representing an applicant may not be assessed a fee, cost, charge, or expense by a district ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.003 - Fees And Costs Paid By Party Found To Have Committed Family Violence
  (a) Except on a showing of good cause or of the indigence of a party found to have committed family violence, the court shall require ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.004 - Contempt For Nonpayment Of Fee
  (a) A party who is ordered to pay fees and costs and who does not pay before the date specified by the order may be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.005 - Attorney's Fees
  (a) The court may assess reasonable attorney's fees against the party found to have committed family violence or a party against whom an agreed protective ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.006 - Payment Of Attorney's Fees
  The amount of fees collected under this chapter as compensation for the fees: (1) of a private attorney shall be paid to the private attorney ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.007 - Prosecuting Attorney
  (a) The county attorney or the criminal district attorney is the prosecuting attorney responsible for filing applications under this subtitle unless the district attorney assumes ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.0075 - Representation By Prosecuting Attorney In Certain Subsequent Actions
  A prosecuting attorney who represents a party in a proceeding under this subtitle is not precluded from representing the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.008 - Relief Cumulative
  Except as provided by this subtitle, the relief and remedies provided by this subtitle are cumulative of other relief and remedies provided by law. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 81.009 - Appeal
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a protective order rendered under this subtitle may be appealed. (b) A protective order rendered against ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.001 - Application
  A proceeding under this subtitle is begun by filing "An Application for a Protective Order" with the clerk of the court. Added by Acts 1997, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.002 - Who May File Application
  (a) With regard to family violence under Section 71.004(1) or (2), an adult member of the family or household may file an application for a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.003 - Venue
  An application may be filed in: (1) the county in which the applicant resides; or (2) the county in which the respondent resides. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.004 - Contents Of Application
  An application must state: (1) the name and county of residence of each applicant; (2) the name and county of residence of each individual alleged ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.005 - Application Filed During Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Or Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship
  A person who wishes to apply for a protective order with respect to the person's spouse and who is a party to a suit for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.006 - Application Filed After Dissolution Of Marriage
  If an applicant for a protective order is a former spouse of the individual alleged to have committed family violence, the application must include: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.007 - Application Filed For Child Subject To Continuing Jurisdiction
  An application that requests a protective order for a child who is subject to the continuing exclusive jurisdiction of a court under Title 5 or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.008 - Application Filed After Expiration Of Former Protective Order
  (a) An application for a protective order that is filed after a previously rendered protective order has expired must include: (1) a copy of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.0085 - Application Filed Before Expiration Of Previously Rendered Protective Order
  (a) If an application for a protective order alleges that an unexpired protective order applicable to the respondent is due to expire not later than ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.009 - Application For Temporary Ex Parte Order
  An application that requests the issuance of a temporary ex parte order under Chapter 83 must: (1) contain a detailed description of the facts and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.010 - Confidentiality Of Application
  (a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 3.4 million or more. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, an application ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.021 - Answer
  A respondent to an application for a protective order who is served with notice of an application for a protective order may file an answer ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.022 - Request By Respondent For Protective Order
  To apply for a protective order, a respondent to an application for a protective order must file a separate application. Added by Acts 1997, 75th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.041 - Contents Of Notice Of Application
  (a) A notice of an application for a protective order must: (1) be styled "The State of Texas"; (2) be signed by the clerk of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.042 - Issuance Of Notice Of Application
  (a) On the filing of an application, the clerk of the court shall issue a notice of an application for a protective order and deliver ...
• Texas Family Code Section 82.043 - Service Of Notice Of Application
  (a) Each respondent to an application for a protective order is entitled to service of notice of an application for a protective order. (b) An ...
• Texas Family Code Section 83.001 - Requirements For Temporary Ex Parte Order
  (a) If the court finds from the information contained in an application for a protective order that there is a clear and present danger of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 83.002 - Duration Of Order; Extension
  (a) A temporary ex parte order is valid for the period specified in the order, not to exceed 20 days. (b) On the request of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 83.003 - Bond Not Required
  The court, at the court's discretion, may dispense with the necessity of a bond for a temporary ex parte order. Added by Acts 1997, 75th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 83.004 - Motion To Vacate
  Any individual affected by a temporary ex parte order may file a motion at any time to vacate the order. On the filing of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 83.005 - Conflicting Orders
  During the time the order is valid, a temporary ex parte order prevails over any other court order made under Title 5 to the extent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 83.006 - Exclusion Of Party From Residence
  (a) Subject to the limitations of Section 85.021(2), a person may only be excluded from the occupancy of the person's residence by a temporary ex ...
• Texas Family Code Section 83.007 - Recess Of Hearing To Contact Respondent
  The court may recess the hearing on a temporary ex parte order to contact the respondent by telephone and provide the respondent the opportunity to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 84.001 - Time Set For Hearing
  (a) On the filing of an application for a protective order, the court shall set a date and time for the hearing unless a later ...
• Texas Family Code Section 84.002 - Extended Time For Hearing In District Court In Certain Counties
  (a) On the request of the prosecuting attorney in a county with a population of more than 1.5 million or in a county in a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 84.003 - Hearing Rescheduled For Failure Of Service
  (a) If a hearing set under this chapter is not held because of the failure of a respondent to receive service of notice of an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 84.004 - Hearing Rescheduled For Insufficient Notice
  (a) If a respondent receives service of notice of an application for a protective order within 48 hours before the time set for the hearing, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 84.005 - Legislative Continuance
  If a proceeding for which a legislative continuance is sought under Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, includes an application for a protective order, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.001 - Required Findings And Orders
  (a) At the close of a hearing on an application for a protective order, the court shall find whether: (1) family violence has occurred; and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.002 - Exception For Violation Of Expired Protective Order
  If the court finds that a respondent violated a protective order by committing an act prohibited by the order as provided by Section 85.022, that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.003 - Separate Protective Orders Required
  (a) A court that renders separate protective orders that apply to both parties and require both parties to do or refrain from doing acts under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.004 - Protective Order In Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage
  A protective order in a suit for dissolution of a marriage must be in a separate document entitled "PROTECTIVE ORDER." Added by Acts 1997, 75th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.005 - Agreed Order
  (a) To facilitate settlement, the parties to a proceeding may agree in writing to the terms of a protective order as provided by Section 85.021. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.006 - Default Order
  (a) A court may render a protective order that is binding on a respondent who does not attend a hearing if the respondent received service ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.007 - Confidentiality Of Certain Information
  (a) On request by a person protected by an order or member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.009 - Order Valid Until Superseded
  A protective order rendered under this chapter is valid and enforceable pending further action by the court that rendered the order until the order is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.021 - Requirements Of Order Applying To Any Party
  In a protective order, the court may: (1) prohibit a party from: (A) removing a child who is a member of the family or household ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.022 - Requirements Of Order Applying To Person Who Committed Family Violence
  (a) In a protective order, the court may order the person found to have committed family violence to: (1) complete a battering intervention and prevention ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.023 - Effect On Property Rights
  A protective order or an agreement approved by the court under this subtitle does not affect the title to real property. Added by Acts 1997, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.024 - Enforcement Of Counseling Requirement
  (a) A person found to have engaged in family violence who is ordered to attend a program or counseling under Section 85.022(a)(1) or (2) shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.025 - Duration Of Protective Order
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), an order under this subtitle is effective: (1) for the period stated in the order, not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.026 - Warning On Protective Order
  (a) Each protective order issued under this subtitle, including a temporary ex parte order, must contain the following prominently displayed statements in boldfaced type, capital ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.041 - Delivery To Respondent
  (a) A protective order rendered under this subtitle shall be: (1) delivered to the respondent as provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.042 - Delivery Of Order To Other Persons
  (a) The clerk of the court issuing an original or modified protective order under this subtitle shall send a copy of the order, along with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.061 - Dismissal Of Application Prohibited; Subsequently Filed Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Or Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship
  If an application for a protective order is pending, a court may not dismiss the application or delay a hearing on the application on the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.062 - Application Filed While Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Or Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship Pending
  (a) If a suit for dissolution of a marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship is pending, a party to the suit may apply for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.063 - Application Filed After Final Order Rendered In Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Or Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship
  (a) If a final order has been rendered in a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship, an application for a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.064 - Transfer Of Protective Order
  (a) If a protective order was rendered before the filing of a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship or while ...
• Texas Family Code Section 85.065 - Effect Of Transfer
  (a) A protective order transferred under Section 85.064 has the same effect as if the order remained in the court that rendered the order. The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 86.001 - Adoption Of Procedures By Law Enforcement Agency
  (a) To ensure that law enforcement officers responding to calls are aware of the existence and terms of protective orders issued under this subtitle, each ...
• Texas Family Code Section 86.0011 - Duty To Enter Information Into Statewide Law Enforcement Information System
  On receipt of an original or modified protective order from the clerk of the issuing court, a law enforcement agency shall immediately, but not later ...
• Texas Family Code Section 86.002 - Duty To Provide Information To Firearms Dealers
  (a) On receipt of a request for a law enforcement information system record check of a prospective transferee by a licensed firearms dealer under the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 86.003 - Court Order For Law Enforcement Assistance Under Temporary Order
  On request by an applicant obtaining a temporary ex parte protective order that excludes the respondent from the respondent's residence, the court granting the temporary ...
• Texas Family Code Section 86.004 - Court Order For Law Enforcement Assistance Under Final Order
  On request by an applicant obtaining a final protective order that excludes the respondent from the respondent's residence, the court granting the final order shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 86.005 - Protective Order From Another Jurisdiction
  To ensure that law enforcement officers responding to calls are aware of the existence and terms of a protective order from another jurisdiction, each law ...
• Texas Family Code Section 87.001 - Modification Of Protective Order
  On the motion of any party, the court, after notice and hearing, may modify an existing protective order to: (1) exclude any item included in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 87.002 - Modification May Not Extend Duration Of Order
  A protective order may not be modified to extend the period of the order's validity beyond the second anniversary of the date the original order ...
• Texas Family Code Section 87.003 - Notification Of Motion To Modify
  Notice of a motion to modify a protective order is sufficient if delivery of the motion is attempted on the respondent at the respondent's last ...
• Texas Family Code Section 87.004 - Change Of Address Or Telephone Number
  (a) If a protective order contains the address or telephone number of a person protected by the order, of the place of employment or business ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 48, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Foreign protective order" means a protective order issued by a tribunal of another state. (2) "Issuing state" means the state in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.003 - Judicial Enforcement Of Order
  (a) A tribunal of this state shall enforce the terms of a foreign protective order, including a term that provides relief that a tribunal of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.004 - Nonjudicial Enforcement Of Order
  (a) A law enforcement officer of this state, on determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protective order exists and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.005 - Registration Of Order
  (a) An individual may register a foreign protective order in this state. To register a foreign protective order, an individual shall: (1) present a certified ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.006 - Immunity
  A state or local governmental agency, law enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of court, or any state or local governmental official acting in an official ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.007 - Other Remedies
  A protected individual who pursues a remedy under this chapter is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 88.008 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction
  In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 91.001 - Definitions
  In this subtitle: (1) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004. (2) "Medical professional" means a licensed doctor, nurse, physician assistant, or emergency ...
• Texas Family Code Section 91.002 - Reporting By Witnesses Encouraged
  A person who witnesses family violence is encouraged to report the family violence to a local law enforcement agency. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 91.003 - Information Provided By Medical Professionals
  A medical professional who treats a person for injuries that the medical professional has reason to believe were caused by family violence shall: (1) immediately ...
• Texas Family Code Section 91.004 - Application Of Subtitle
  This subtitle does not affect a duty to report child abuse under Chapter 261. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 92.001 - Immunity
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who reports family violence under Section 91.002 or provides information under Section 91.003 is immune from ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.001 - Applicability Of 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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0010 - Acknowledged Father
  "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. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0011 - Administrative Writ Of Withholding
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0015 - Alleged Father
  (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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0017 - Amicus Attorney
  "Amicus attorney" has the meaning assigned by Section 107.001. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 172, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2005. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0018 - Attorney Ad Litem
  "Attorney ad litem" has the meaning assigned by Section 107.001. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 172, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2005. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.002 - Authorized Agency
  "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, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0021 - Bureau Of Vital Statistics
  "Bureau of vital statistics" means the bureau of vital statistics of the Texas Department of Health. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.003 - Child Or Minor; Adult
  (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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.004 - Child Support Agency
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.005 - Child Support Review Officer
  "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, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.006 - Child Support Services
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.007 - Clear And Convincing Evidence
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.008 - Court
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.009 - Danger To Physical Health Or Safety Of Child
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.010 - Disposable Earnings
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.011 - Earnings
  "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) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.012 - Employer
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0125 - Family Violence
  "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 787, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.013 - Filed
  "Filed" means officially filed with the clerk of the court. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.014 - Governmental Entity
  "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, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0145 - Guardian Ad Litem
  "Guardian ad litem" has the meaning assigned by Section 107.001. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 172, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2005. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.015 - Health Insurance
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.016 - Joint Managing Conservatorship
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0161 - Judicial Writ Of Withholding
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.017 - Licensed Child Placing Agency
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.018 - Local Registry
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.019 - Managing Conservatorship
  "Managing conservatorship" means the relationship between a child and a managing conservator appointed by court order. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.020 - Medical Support
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0201 - Notice Of Application For Judicial Writ Of Withholding
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.021 - Obligee
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.022 - Obligor
  "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. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.023 - Order
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.025 - Parent-Child Relationship
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.026 - Render
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.027 - Parent Locator Service
  "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, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.028 - School
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.029 - Standard Possession Order
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.030 - State
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0301 - State Case Registry
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.0302 - State Disbursement Unit
  "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, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.031 - Suit
  "Suit" means a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.033 - Title Iv-D Agency
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.034 - Title Iv-D Case
  "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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 101.035 - Tribunal
  "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 Family Code Section 102.001 - Suit Authorized; Scope Of Suit
  (a) A suit may be filed as provided in this title. (b) One or more matters covered by this title may be determined in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.002 - Commencement Of Suit
  An original suit begins by the filing of a petition as provided by this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.003 - General Standing To File Suit
  (a) An original suit may be filed at any time by: (1) a parent of the child; (2) the child through a representative authorized by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.0035 - Statement To Confer Standing
  (a) A pregnant woman or a parent of a child may execute a statement to confer standing to a prospective adoptive parent as provided by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.004 - Standing For Grandparent Or Other Person
  (a) In addition to the general standing to file suit provided by Section 102.003, a grandparent may file an original suit requesting managing conservatorship if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.0045 - Standing For Sibling
  (a) The sibling of a child may file an original suit requesting access to the child as provided by Section 153.551 if the sibling is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.005 - Standing To Request Termination And Adoption
  An original suit requesting only an adoption or for termination of the parent-child relationship joined with a petition for adoption may be filed by: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.006 - Limitations On Standing
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if the parent-child relationship between the child and every living parent of the child has been terminated, an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.007 - Standing Of Title Iv-D Agency
  In providing services authorized by Chapter 231, the Title IV-D agency or a political subdivision contracting with the attorney general to provide Title IV-D services ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.008 - Contents Of Petition
  (a) The petition and all other documents in a proceeding filed under this title, except a suit for adoption of an adult, shall be entitled ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.0086 - Confidentiality Of Pleadings
  (a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 3.4 million or more. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, all pleadings ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.009 - Service Of Citation
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the following are entitled to service of citation on the filing of a petition in an original suit: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.010 - Service Of Citation By Publication
  (a) Citation may be served by publication as in other civil cases to persons entitled to service of citation who cannot be notified by personal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.011 - Acquiring Jurisdiction Over Nonresident
  (a) The court may exercise status or subject matter jurisdiction over the suit as provided by Chapter 152. (b) The court may also exercise personal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.012 - Exercising Partial Jurisdiction
  (a) A court in which a suit is filed may exercise its jurisdiction over those portions of the suit for which it has authority. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 102.013 - Docketing Requirements
  (a) In a suit for modification or a motion for enforcement, the clerk shall file the petition or motion and all related papers under the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 103.001 - Venue For Original Suit
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this title, an original suit shall be filed in the county where the child resides, unless: (1) another court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 103.002 - Transfer Of Original Proceedings Within State
  (a) If venue of a suit is improper in the court in which an original suit is filed and no other court has continuing, exclusive ...
• Texas Family Code Section 103.003 - Transfer Of Original Suit Within State When Party Or Child Resides Outside State
  (a) A court of this state in which an original suit is filed or in which a suit for child support is filed under Chapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 104.001 - Rules Of Evidence
  Except as otherwise provided, the Texas Rules of Evidence apply as in other civil cases. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 104.002 - Prerecorded Statement Of Child
  If a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged in a suit under this title to have been abused, the recording of an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 104.003 - Prerecorded Videotaped Testimony Of Child
  (a) The court may, on the motion of a party to the proceeding, order that the testimony of the child be taken outside the courtroom ...
• Texas Family Code Section 104.004 - Remote Televised Broadcast Of Testimony Of Child
  (a) If in a suit a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged to have been abused, the court may, on the motion ...
• Texas Family Code Section 104.005 - Substitution For In-Court Testimony Of Child
  (a) If the testimony of a child is taken as provided by this chapter, the child may not be compelled to testify in court during ...
• Texas Family Code Section 104.006 - Hearsay Statement Of Child Abuse Victim
  In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, a statement made by a child 12 years of age or younger that describes alleged abuse against the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 104.007 - Video Testimony Of Certain Professionals
  (a) In this section, "professional" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.101(b). (b) In a proceeding brought by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.001 - Temporary Orders Before Final Order
  (a) In a suit, the court may make a temporary order, including the modification of a prior temporary order, for the safety and welfare of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.0011 - Information Regarding Protective Orders
  At any time while a suit is pending, if the court believes, on the basis of any information received by the court, that a party ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.002 - Jury
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a party may demand a jury trial. (b) A party may not demand a jury trial in: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.003 - Procedure For Contested Hearing
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this title, proceedings shall be as in civil cases generally. (b) On the agreement of all parties to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.004 - Preferential Setting
  After a hearing, the court may: (1) grant a motion filed by a party or by the amicus attorney or attorney ad litem for the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.005 - Findings
  Except as otherwise provided by this title, the court's findings shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.006 - Contents Of Final Order
  (a) A final order, other than in a proceeding under Chapter 161 or 162, must contain: (1) the social security number and driver's license number ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.007 - Compliance With Order Requiring Notice Of Change Of Required Information
  (a) A party shall comply with the order by giving written notice to each other party of an intended change in the party's current residence ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.008 - Record Of Support Order For State Case Registry
  (a) The clerk of the court shall provide the state case registry with a record of a court order for child support. The record of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 105.009 - Parent Education And Family Stabilization Course
  (a) In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, including an action to modify an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship providing for possession ...
• Texas Family Code Section 106.001 - Costs
  The court may award costs in a suit or motion under this title and in a habeas corpus proceeding. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 106.002 - Attorney's Fees And Expenses
  (a) In a suit under this title, the court may render judgment for reasonable attorney's fees and expenses and order the judgment and postjudgment interest ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Amicus attorney" means an attorney appointed by the court in a suit, other than a suit filed by a governmental entity, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.002 - Powers And Duties Of Guardian Ad Litem For Child
  (a) A guardian ad litem appointed for a child under this chapter is not a party to the suit but may: (1) conduct an investigation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.003 - Powers And Duties Of Attorney Ad Litem For Child And Amicus Attorney
  An attorney ad litem appointed to represent a child or an amicus attorney appointed to assist the court: (1) shall: (A) subject to Rules 4.02, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.004 - Additional Duties Of Attorney Ad Litem For Child
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the attorney ad litem appointed for a child shall, in a developmentally appropriate manner: (1) advise the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.0045 - Discipline Of Attorney Ad Litem
  An attorney ad litem who fails to perform the duties required by Sections 107.003 and 107.004 is subject to disciplinary action under Subchapter E, Chapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.005 - Additional Duties Of Amicus Attorney
  (a) Subject to any specific limitation in the order of appointment, an amicus attorney shall advocate the best interests of the child after reviewing the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.006 - Access To Child And Information Relating To Child
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in conjunction with an appointment under this chapter, other than an appointment of an attorney ad litem for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.007 - Attorney Work Product And Testimony
  (a) An attorney ad litem, an attorney serving in the dual role, or an amicus attorney may not: (1) be compelled to produce attorney work ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.008 - Substituted Judgment Of Attorney For Child
  (a) An attorney ad litem appointed to represent a child or an attorney appointed in the dual role may determine that the child cannot meaningfully ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.009 - Immunity
  (a) A guardian ad litem, an attorney ad litem, or an amicus attorney appointed under this chapter is not liable for civil damages arising from ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.010 - Discretionary Appointment Of Attorney Ad Litem For Incapacitated Person
  The court may appoint an attorney to serve as an attorney ad litem for a person entitled to service of citation in a suit if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.011 - Mandatory Appointment Of Guardian Ad Litem
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, in a suit filed by a governmental entity seeking termination of the parent-child relationship or the appointment ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.012 - Mandatory Appointment Of Attorney Ad Litem For Child
  In a suit filed by a governmental entity requesting termination of the parent-child relationship or to be named conservator of a child, the court shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.0125 - Appointment Of Attorney In Dual Role
  (a) In order to comply with the mandatory appointment of a guardian ad litem under Section 107.011 and the mandatory appointment of an attorney ad ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.013 - Mandatory Appointment Of Attorney Ad Litem For Parent
  (a) In a suit filed by a governmental entity in which termination of the parent-child relationship is requested, the court shall appoint an attorney ad ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.015 - Attorney Fees
  (a) An attorney appointed under this chapter to serve as an attorney ad litem for a child, an attorney in the dual role, or an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.016 - Continued Representation
  In a suit filed by a governmental entity in which termination of the parent-child relationship or appointment of the entity as conservator of the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.017 - Appointment Of Amicus Attorney Prohibited
  The court may not appoint a person to serve as an amicus attorney in a suit filed by a governmental entity under this chapter. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.021 - Discretionary Appointments
  (a) In a suit in which the best interests of a child are at issue, other than a suit filed by a governmental entity requesting ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.022 - Certain Prohibited Appointments
  In a suit other than a suit filed by a governmental entity requesting termination of the parent-child relationship or appointment of the entity as conservator ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.023 - Fees In Suits Other Than Suits By Governmental Entity
  (a) In a suit other than a suit filed by a governmental entity requesting termination of the parent-child relationship or appointment of the entity as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.031 - Volunteer Advocates
  (a) In a suit filed by a governmental entity requesting termination of the parent-child relationship or appointment of the entity as conservator of the child, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.051 - Order For Social Study
  (a) The court may order the preparation of a social study into the circumstances and condition of the child and of the home of any ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.0511 - Pre-Adoptive Home Screening
  (a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. (b) A pre-adoptive home screening shall be conducted as provided by this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.052 - Post-Placement Adoptive Report
  (a) In a proceeding in which a pre-adoptive home screening is required by Section 107.0511 for an adoption, a post-placement adoptive report must be conducted ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.053 - Prospective Adoptive Parents To Receive Copy
  In all adoptions a copy of the report shall be made available to the prospective adoptive parents prior to a final order of adoption. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.054 - Report Filed With Court
  The agency or person making the social study shall file with the court on a date set by the court a report containing its findings ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.055 - Introduction Of Report At Trial
  (a) Disclosure to the jury of the contents of a report to the court of a social study is subject to the rules of evidence. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 107.056 - Preparation Fee
  If the court orders a social study to be conducted and a report to be prepared, the court shall award the agency or other person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.001 - Transmittal Of Records Of Suit By Clerk
  (a) Except as provided by this chapter, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the bureau of vital statistics a certified record of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.002 - Dissolution Of Marriage Records Maintained By Clerk
  A clerk may not transmit to the central record file the pleadings, papers, studies, and records relating to a suit for divorce or annulment or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.003 - Transmittal Of Information Regarding Adoption
  (a) The clerk of a court that renders a decree of adoption shall, not later than the 10th day of the first month after the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.004 - Transmittal Of Files On Loss Of Jurisdiction
  On the loss of jurisdiction of a court under Chapter 155, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the central registry of the bureau ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.005 - Adoption Records Received By Bureau Of Vital Statistics
  (a) When the bureau of vital statistics receives a record from the district clerk showing that continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child has been lost ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.006 - Fees
  (a) The bureau of vital statistics may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of determining and sending information concerning the identity of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.007 - Microfilm
  (a) The bureau of vital statistics may use microfilm or other suitable means for maintaining the central record file. (b) A certified reproduction of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.008 - Filing Information After Determination Of Paternity
  (a) On a determination of paternity, the petitioner shall provide the clerk of the court in which the order was rendered the information necessary to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.009 - Birth Certificate
  (a) The state registrar shall substitute a new birth certificate for the original based on the order in accordance with laws or rules that permit ...
• Texas Family Code Section 108.110 - Release Of Information By Bureau Of Vital Statistics
  (a) The bureau of vital statistics shall provide to the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services: (1) adoption information as necessary for the department to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 109.001 - Temporary Orders During Pendency Of Appeal
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date an appeal is perfected, on the motion of any party or on the court's own ...
• Texas Family Code Section 109.002 - Appeal
  (a) An appeal from a final order rendered in a suit, when allowed under this section or under other provisions of law, shall be as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 109.003 - Payment For Statement Of Facts
  (a) If the party requesting a statement of facts in an appeal of a suit has filed an affidavit stating the party's inability to pay ...
• Texas Family Code Section 110.001 - General Rule
  Except as provided by this chapter, fees in a matter covered by this title shall be as in civil cases generally. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 110.002 - Filing Fees And Deposits
  (a) The clerk of the court may collect a filing fee of $15 in a suit for filing: (1) a suit or motion for modification; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 110.003 - No Separate Or Additional Filing Fee
  The clerk of the court may not require: (1) a separate filing fee in a suit joined with a suit for dissolution of marriage under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 110.004 - Fee For Issuing And Delivering Withholding Order Or Writ
  The clerk of the court may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed $15, for each order or writ of income withholding issued by the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 110.005 - Transfer Fee
  (a) The fee for filing a transferred case is $45 payable to the clerk of the court to which the case is transferred. No portion ...
• Texas Family Code Section 110.006 - Domestic Relations Office Fees
  If an administering entity of a domestic relations office adopts an initial operations fee under Section 203.005(a)(1) or an initial child support service fee under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 111.001 - Review Of Guidelines
  (a) Prior to each regular legislative session, the standing committees of each house of the legislature having jurisdiction over family law issues shall review and, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 111.002 - Guidelines Supersede Court Rules
  (a) The guidelines in this title supersede local court rules and rules of the supreme court that conflict with the guidelines. (b) Notwithstanding other law, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 111.003 - Posting Guidelines
  A copy of the guidelines for possession of and access to a child under Chapter 153 and a copy of the guidelines for the support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 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 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 151.002 - Rights Of A Living Child After An Abortion Or Premature Birth
  (a) A living human child born alive after an abortion or premature birth is entitled to the same rights, powers, and privileges as are granted ...
• Texas Family Code Section 151.003 - Limitation On State Agency Action
  A state agency may not adopt rules or policies or take any other action that violates the fundamental right and duty of a parent to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.001 - Application And Construction
  This chapter shall be applied and construed to promote the uniformity of the law among the states that enact it. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.002 - Conflicts Between Provisions
  If a provision of this chapter conflicts with a provision of this title or another statute or rule of this state and the conflict cannot ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.101 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.102 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. (2) "Child" means an individual who has not attained ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.103 - Proceedings Governed By Other Law
  This chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child. Added by Acts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.104 - Application To Indian Tribes
  (a) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. Section 1901 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.105 - International Application Of Chapter
  (a) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.106 - Effect Of Child Custody Determination
  A child custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this chapter binds all persons who have been served in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.107 - Priority
  If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this chapter is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.108 - Notice To Persons Outside State
  (a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the law ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.109 - Appearance And Limited Immunity
  (a) A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.110 - Communication Between Courts
  (a) In this section, "record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.111 - Taking Testimony In Another State
  (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.112 - Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation Of Records
  (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1) hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) order a person to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.201 - Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.202 - Exclusive Continuing Jurisdiction
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with Section 152.201 or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.203 - Jurisdiction To Modify Determination
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.204 - Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction
  (a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.205 - Notice; Opportunity To Be Heard; Joinder
  (a) Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards of Section ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.206 - Simultaneous Proceedings
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under this subchapter if, at the time ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.207 - Inconvenient Forum
  (a) A court of this state which has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.208 - Jurisdiction Declined By Reason Of Conduct
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204 or other law of this state, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this chapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.209 - Information To Be Submitted To Court
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e) or unless each party resides in this state, in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.210 - Appearance Of Parties And Child
  (a) In a child custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.301 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.302 - Enforcement Under Hague Convention
  Under this subchapter a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.303 - Duty To Enforce
  (a) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.304 - Temporary Visitation
  (a) A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (1) a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.305 - Registration Of Child Custody Determination
  (a) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.306 - Enforcement Of Registered Determination
  (a) A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the law of this state to enforce a registered child custody determination ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.307 - Simultaneous Proceedings
  If a proceeding for enforcement under this subchapter is commenced in a court of this state and the court determines that a proceeding to modify ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.308 - Expedited Enforcement Of Child Custody Determination
  (a) A petition under this subchapter must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration must ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.309 - Service Of Petition And Order
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this state, upon ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.310 - Hearing And Order
  (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to Section 152.204, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.311 - Warrant To Take Physical Custody Of Child
  (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.312 - Costs, Fees, And Expenses
  (a) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including costs, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.313 - Recognition And Enforcement
  A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this chapter which enforces ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.314 - Appeals
  An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this subchapter in accordance with expedited appellate procedures in other civil cases. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.315 - Role Of Prosecutor Or Public Official
  (a) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.316 - Role Of Law Enforcement
  At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under Section 152.315, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action reasonably ...
• Texas Family Code Section 152.317 - Costs And Expenses
  If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.001 - Public Policy
  (a) The public policy of this state is to: (1) assure that children will have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.002 - Best Interest Of Child
  The best interest of the child shall always be the primary consideration of the court in determining the issues of conservatorship and possession of and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.003 - No Discrimination Based On Sex Or Marital Status
  The court shall consider the qualifications of the parties without regard to their marital status or to the sex of the party or the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.004 - History Of Domestic Violence
  (a) In determining whether to appoint a party as a sole or joint managing conservator, the court shall consider evidence of the intentional use of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.005 - Appointment Of Sole Or Joint Managing Conservator
  (a) In a suit, the court may appoint a sole managing conservator or may appoint joint managing conservators. If the parents are or will be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.006 - Appointment Of Possessory Conservator
  (a) If a managing conservator is appointed, the court may appoint one or more possessory conservators. (b) The court shall specify the rights and duties ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.007 - Agreed Parenting Plan
  (a) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a suit, the parties may enter into a written agreed parenting plan containing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.0071 - Alternate Dispute Resolution Procedures
  (a) On written agreement of the parties, the court may refer a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to arbitration. The agreement must state whether the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.0072 - Collaborative Law
  (a) On a written agreement of the parties and their attorneys, a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may be conducted under collaborative law procedures. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.008 - Child's Preference Of Person To Designate Residence
  A child 12 years of age or older may file with the court in writing the name of the person who is the child's preference ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.009 - Interview Of Child In Chambers
  (a) In a nonjury trial or at a hearing, on the application of a party, the amicus attorney, or the attorney ad litem for the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.010 - Order For Family Counseling
  (a) If the court finds at the time of a hearing that the parties have a history of conflict in resolving an issue of conservatorship ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.011 - Security Bond
  If the court finds that a person who has a possessory interest in a child may violate the court order relating to the interest, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.012 - Right To Privacy; Deletion Of Personal Information In Records
  The court may order the custodian of records to delete all references in the records to the place of residence of either party appointed as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.013 - False Report Of Child Abuse
  (a) If a party to a pending suit affecting the parent-child relationship makes a report alleging child abuse by another party to the suit that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.014 - Visitation Centers And Visitation Exchange Facilities
  A county may establish a visitation center or a visitation exchange facility for the purpose of facilitating the terms of a court order providing for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.071 - Court To Specify Rights And Duties Of Parent Appointed A Conservator
  If both parents are appointed as conservators of the child, the court shall specify the rights and duties of a parent that are to be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.072 - Written Finding Required To Limit Parental Rights And Duties
  The court may limit the rights and duties of a parent appointed as a conservator if the court makes a written finding that the limitation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.073 - Rights Of Parent At All Times
  (a) Unless limited by court order, a parent appointed as a conservator of a child has at all times the right: (1) to receive information ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.074 - Rights And Duties During Period Of Possession
  Unless limited by court order, a parent appointed as a conservator of a child has the following rights and duties during the period that the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.075 - Duties Of Parent Not Appointed Conservator
  The court may order a parent not appointed as a managing or a possessory conservator to perform other parental duties, including paying child support. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.076 - Duty To Provide Information
  (a) The court shall order that each conservator of a child has a duty to inform the other conservator of the child in a timely ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.131 - Presumption That Parent To Be Appointed Managing Conservator
  (a) Subject to the prohibition in Section 153.004, unless the court finds that appointment of the parent or parents would not be in the best ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.132 - Rights And Duties Of Parent Appointed Sole Managing Conservator
  Unless limited by court order, a parent appointed as sole managing conservator of a child has the rights and duties provided by Subchapter B and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.133 - Parenting Plan For Joint Managing Conservatorship
  (a) If a written agreed parenting plan is filed with the court, the court shall render an order appointing the parents as joint managing conservators ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.134 - Court-Ordered Joint Conservatorship
  (a) If a written agreed parenting plan is not filed with the court, the court may render an order appointing the parents joint managing conservators ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.135 - Equal Possession Not Required
  Joint managing conservatorship does not require the award of equal or nearly equal periods of physical possession of and access to the child to each ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.137 - Guidelines For The Possession Of Child By Parent Named As Joint Managing Conservator
  The standard possession order provided by Subchapter F constitutes a presumptive minimum amount of time for possession of a child by a parent named as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.138 - Child Support Order Affecting Joint Conservators
  The appointment of joint managing conservators does not impair or limit the authority of the court to order a joint managing conservator to pay child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.191 - Presumption That Parent To Be Appointed Possessory Conservator
  The court shall appoint as a possessory conservator a parent who is not appointed as a sole or joint managing conservator unless it finds that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.192 - Rights And Duties Of Parent Appointed Possessory Conservator
  (a) Unless limited by court order, a parent appointed as possessory conservator of a child has the rights and duties provided by Subchapter B and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.193 - Minimal Restriction On Parent's Possession Or Access
  The terms of an order that denies possession of a child to a parent or imposes restrictions or limitations on a parent's right to possession ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.251 - Policy And General Application Of Guidelines
  (a) The guidelines established in the standard possession order are intended to guide the courts in ordering the terms and conditions for possession of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.252 - Rebuttable Presumption
  In a suit, there is a rebuttable presumption that the standard possession order in Subchapter F: (1) provides reasonable minimum possession of a child for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.253 - Standard Possession Order Inappropriate Or Unworkable
  The court shall render an order that grants periods of possession of the child as similar as possible to those provided by the standard possession ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.254 - Child Less Than Three Years Of Age
  (a) The court shall render an order appropriate under the circumstances for possession of a child less than three years of age. (b) The court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.255 - Agreement
  The court may render an order for periods of possession of a child that vary from the standard possession order based on the agreement of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.256 - Factors For Court To Consider
  In ordering the terms of possession of a child under an order other than a standard possession order, the court shall be guided by the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.257 - Means Of Travel
  In an order providing for the terms and conditions of possession of a child, the court may restrict the means of travel of the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.258 - Request For Findings When Order Varies From Standard Order
  Without regard to Rules 296 through 299, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, in all cases in which possession of a child by a parent is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.311 - Mutual Agreement Or Specified Terms For Possession
  The court shall specify in a standard possession order that the parties may have possession of the child at times mutually agreed to in advance ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.312 - Parents Who Reside 100 Miles Or Less Apart
  (a) If the possessory conservator resides 100 miles or less from the primary residence of the child, the possessory conservator shall have the right to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.313 - Parents Who Reside Over 100 Miles Apart
  If the possessory conservator resides more than 100 miles from the residence of the child, the possessory conservator shall have the right to possession of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.314 - Holiday Possession Unaffected By Distance Parents Reside Apart
  The following provisions govern possession of the child for certain specific holidays and supersede conflicting weekend or Thursday periods of possession without regard to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.315 - Weekend Possession Extended By Holiday
  (a) If a weekend period of possession of the possessory conservator coincides with a school holiday during the regular school term or with a federal, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.316 - General Terms And Conditions
  The court shall order the following general terms and conditions of possession of a child to apply without regard to the distance between the residence ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.3161 - Limited Possession During Military Deployment
  (a) In addition to the general terms and conditions of possession required by Section 153.316, if a possessory conservator or a joint managing conservator of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.317 - Alternative Possession Times
  If a child is enrolled in school and the possessory conservator elects before or at the time of the rendition of the original or modification ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.371 - Rights And Duties Of Nonparent Appointed As Sole Managing Conservator
  Unless limited by court order or other provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, licensed child-placing agency, or authorized agency appointed as a managing conservator of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.372 - Nonparent Appointed As Joint Managing Conservator
  (a) A nonparent, authorized agency, or licensed child-placing agency appointed as a joint managing conservator may serve in that capacity with either another nonparent or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.3721 - Access To Certain Records By Nonparent Joint Managing Conservator
  Unless limited by court order or other provisions of this chapter, a nonparent joint managing conservator has the right of access to the medical records ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.373 - Voluntary Surrender Of Possession Rebuts Parental Presumption
  The presumption that a parent should be appointed or retained as managing conservator of the child is rebutted if the court finds that: (1) the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.374 - Designation Of Managing Conservator In Affidavit Of Relinquishment
  (a) A parent may designate a competent person, authorized agency, or licensed child-placing agency to serve as managing conservator of the child in an unrevoked ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.375 - Annual Report By Nonparent Managing Conservator
  (a) A nonparent appointed as a managing conservator of a child shall each 12 months after the appointment file with the court a report of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.376 - Rights And Duties Of Nonparent Possessory Conservator
  (a) Unless limited by court order or other provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, licensed child-placing agency, or authorized agency appointed as a possessory conservator ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.377 - Access To Child's Records
  A nonparent possessory conservator has the right of access to medical, dental, psychological, and educational records of the child to the same extent as the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.431 - Appointment Of Grandparent, Aunt, Or Uncle As Managing Conservator
  If both of the parents of a child are deceased, the court may consider appointment of a parent, sister, or brother of a deceased parent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.432 - Suit For Possession Or Access By Grandparent
  (a) A biological or adoptive grandparent may request possession of or access to a grandchild by filing: (1) an original suit; or (2) a suit ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.433 - Possession Of Or Access To Grandchild
  The court shall order reasonable possession of or access to a grandchild by a grandparent if: (1) at the time the relief is requested, at ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.434 - Limitation On Right To Request Possession Or Access
  A biological or adoptive grandparent may not request possession of or access to a grandchild if: (1) each of the biological parents of the grandchild ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.501 - Necessity Of Measures To Prevent International Parental Child Abduction
  (a) In a suit, if credible evidence is presented to the court indicating a potential risk of the international abduction of a child by a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.502 - Abduction Risk Factors
  (a) To determine whether there is a risk of the international abduction of a child by a parent of the child, the court shall consider ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.503 - Abduction Prevention Measures
  If the court finds that it is necessary under Section 153.501 to take measures to protect a child from international abduction by a parent of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.551 - Suit For Access
  (a) The sibling of a child who is separated from the child because of an action taken by the Department of Family and Protective Services ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.552 - Access To Sibling
  The court shall order reasonable access to a child by the child's sibling if the court finds that access is in the best interest of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.601 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Dispute resolution process" means a process of alternative dispute resolution conducted in accordance with Section 153.0071 of this chapter and Chapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.602 - Requirement For Temporary Parenting Plan
  (a) A temporary order that establishes a conservatorship in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship must incorporate a temporary parenting plan. The temporary parenting plan ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.603 - Requirement Of Final Parenting Plan
  (a) A final order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship must incorporate a final parenting plan. A final parenting plan must: (1) establish the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.604 - Modification Of Final Parenting Plan
  (a) In a suit for modification, a proposed parenting plan shall be filed with the court and served with the petition for modification and with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.605 - Appointment Of Parenting Coordinator
  (a) In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, the court may, on its own motion or on a motion or agreement of the parties, appoint ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.606 - Authority Of Parenting Coordinator
  (a) The authority of a parenting coordinator must be specified in the order appointing the parenting coordinator and limited to matters that will aid the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.607 - Removal Of Parenting Coordinator
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the court shall reserve the right to remove the parenting coordinator in the court's discretion. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.608 - Report Of Parenting Coordinator
  A parenting coordinator shall submit a written report to the court and to the parties as often as ordered by the court. In the report, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.609 - Compensation Of Parenting Coordinator
  (a) A court may not appoint a parenting coordinator, other than an employee described by Subsection (c) or a volunteer appointed under Subsection (d), unless ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.610 - Qualifications Of Parenting Coordinator
  (a) The court shall determine the required qualifications of a parenting coordinator, provided that a parenting coordinator must at least: (1) hold a bachelor's degree ...
• Texas Family Code Section 153.611 - Exception For Certain Title Iv-D Proceedings
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, this subchapter does not apply to a proceeding in a Title IV-D case relating to the determination of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.001 - Support Of Child
  (a) The court may order either or both parents to support a child in the manner specified by the order: (1) until the child is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.002 - Child Support Through High School Graduation
  (a) The court may render an original support order, or modify an existing order, providing child support past the 18th birthday of the child to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.003 - Manner Of Payment
  The court may order that child support be paid by: (1) periodic payments; (2) a lump-sum payment; (3) an annuity purchase; (4) the setting aside ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.004 - Place Of Payment.
  (a) The court shall order the payment of child support to the state disbursement unit as provided by Chapter 234. (b) In a Title IV-D ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.005 - Payments Of Support Obligation By Trust
  (a) The court may order the trustees of a spendthrift or other trust to make disbursements for the support of a child to the extent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.006 - Termination Of Duty Of Support
  (a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the order or as provided by Subsection (b), the child support order terminates on: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.007 - Order To Withhold Child Support From Income
  (a) In a proceeding in which periodic payments of child support are ordered, modified, or enforced, the court or Title IV-D agency shall order that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.008 - Provision For Medical Support
  The court shall order medical support for the child as provided by Subchapters B and D. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.009 - Retroactive Child Support
  (a) The court may order a parent to pay retroactive child support if the parent: (1) has not previously been ordered to pay support for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.010 - No Discrimination Based On Marital Status Of Parents Or Sex
  The amount of support ordered for the benefit of a child shall be determined without regard to: (1) the sex of the obligor, obligee, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.011 - Support Not Conditioned On Possession Or Access
  A court may not render an order that conditions the payment of child support on whether a managing conservator allows a possessory conservator to have ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.012 - Support Paid In Excess Of Support Order
  (a) If an obligor is not in arrears and the obligor's child support obligation has terminated, the obligee shall return to the obligor a child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.013 - Continuation Of Duty To Pay Support After Death Of Obligee
  (a) A child support obligation does not terminate on the death of the obligee but continues as an obligation to the child named in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.014 - Payments In Excess Of Court-Ordered Amount
  (a) If a child support agency or local child support registry receives from an obligor who is not in arrears a child support payment in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.061 - Computing Net Monthly Income
  (a) Whenever feasible, gross income should first be computed on an annual basis and then should be recalculated to determine average monthly gross income. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.062 - Net Resources
  (a) The court shall calculate net resources for the purpose of determining child support liability as provided by this section. (b) Resources include: (1) 100 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.063 - Party To Furnish Information
  The court shall require a party to: (1) furnish information sufficient to accurately identify that party's net resources and ability to pay child support; and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.064 - Medical Support For Child Presumptively Provided By Obligor
  The guidelines for support of a child are based on the assumption that the court will order the obligor to provide medical support for the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.065 - Self-Employment Income
  (a) Income from self-employment, whether positive or negative, includes benefits allocated to an individual from a business or undertaking in the form of a proprietorship, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.066 - Intentional Unemployment Or Underemployment
  If the actual income of the obligor is significantly less than what the obligor could earn because of intentional unemployment or underemployment, the court may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.067 - Deemed Income
  (a) When appropriate, in order to determine the net resources available for child support, the court may assign a reasonable amount of deemed income attributable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.068 - Wage And Salary Presumption
  In the absence of evidence of the wage and salary income of a party, the court shall presume that the party has wages or salary ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.069 - Net Resources Of Spouse
  (a) The court may not add any portion of the net resources of a spouse to the net resources of an obligor or obligee in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.070 - Child Support Received By Obligor
  In a situation involving multiple households due child support, child support received by an obligor shall be added to the obligor's net resources to compute ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.121 - Guidelines For The Support Of A Child
  The child support guidelines in this subchapter are intended to guide the court in determining an equitable amount of child support. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.122 - Application Of Guidelines Rebuttably Presumed In Best Interest Of Child
  (a) The amount of a periodic child support payment established by the child support guidelines in effect in this state at the time of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.123 - Additional Factors For Court To Consider
  (a) The court may order periodic child support payments in an amount other than that established by the guidelines if the evidence rebuts the presumption ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.124 - Agreement Concerning Support
  (a) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a suit, the parties may enter into a written agreement containing provisions for ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § 154.125. APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES TO NET RESOURCES OF $6,000 OR LESS. (a) The guidelines for the support of a child in this ...
• Texas Family Code -
  § 154.126. APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES TO NET RESOURCES OF MORE THAN $6,000 MONTHLY. (a) If the obligor's net resources exceed $6,000 per month, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.127 - Partial Termination Of Support Obligation
  A child support order for more than one child shall provide that, on the termination of support for a child, the level of support for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.128 - Computing Support For Children In More Than One Household
  (a) In applying the child support guidelines for an obligor who has children in more than one household, the court shall apply the percentage guidelines ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.129 - Alternative Method Of Computing Support For Children In More Than One Household
  In lieu of performing the computation under the preceding section, the court may determine the child support amount for the children before the court by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.130 - Findings In Child Support Order
  (a) Without regard to Rules 296 through 299, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, in rendering an order of child support, the court shall make the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.131 - Retroactive Child Support
  (a) The child support guidelines are intended to guide the court in determining the amount of retroactive child support, if any, to be ordered. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.132 - Application Of Guidelines To Children Of Certain Disabled Obligors
  In applying the child support guidelines for an obligor who has a disability and who is required to pay support for a child who receives ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.133 - Application Of Guidelines To Children Of Obligors Receiving Social Security
  In applying the child support guidelines for an obligor who is receiving social security old age benefits and who is required to pay support for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.181 - Medical Support Order
  (a) The court shall render an order for the medical support of the child as provided by this section and Section 154.182 in: (1) a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.182 - Health Insurance
  (a) The court shall consider the cost and quality of health insurance coverage available to the parties and shall give priority to health insurance coverage ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.183 - Health Insurance Additional Support Duty Of Obligor
  (a) An amount that an obligor is required to pay for health insurance for the child: (1) is in addition to the amount that the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.184 - Effect Of Order
  (a) Receipt of a medical support order requiring that health insurance be provided for a child shall be considered a change in the family circumstances ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.185 - Parent To Furnish Information
  (a) The court shall order a parent providing health insurance to furnish to either the obligee, obligor, or child support agency the following information not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.186 - Notice To Employer Concerning Medical Support
  (a) The obligee, obligor, or a child support agency may send to the employer a copy of the order requiring an employee to provide health ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.187 - Duties Of Employer
  (a) An order or notice under this subchapter to an employer directing that health insurance coverage be provided to a child of an employee or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.188 - Failure To Provide Or Pay For Required Health Insurance
  A parent ordered to provide health insurance or to pay the other parent additional child support for the cost of health insurance who fails to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.189 - Notice Of Termination Or Lapse Of Insurance Coverage
  (a) An obligor ordered to provide health insurance coverage for a child must notify the obligee and any child support agency enforcing a support obligation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.190 - Reenrolling Child For Insurance Coverage
  After health insurance has been terminated or has lapsed, an obligor ordered to provide health insurance coverage for the child must enroll the child in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.191 - Remedy Not Exclusive
  (a) This subchapter does not limit the rights of the obligor, obligee, local domestic relations office, or Title IV-D agency to enforce, modify, or clarify ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.192 - Cancellation Or Elimination Of Insurance Coverage For Child
  (a) Unless the employee or member ceases to be eligible for dependent coverage, or the employer has eliminated dependent health coverage for all of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.193 - Medical Support Order Not Qualified
  (a) If a plan administrator or other person acting in an equivalent position determines that a medical support order issued under this subchapter does not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.241 - Local Registry
  (a) A local registry shall receive a court-ordered child support payment or a payment otherwise authorized by law and shall forward the payment, as appropriate, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.242 - Payment Or Transfer Of Child Support Payments By Electronic Funds Transfer
  (a) A child support payment may be made by electronic funds transfer to: (1) the Title IV-D agency; (2) a local registry if the registry ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.243 - Production Of Child Support Payment Record
  The Title IV-D agency, a local registry, or the state disbursement unit may comply with a subpoena or other order directing the production of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.301 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Adult child" means a child 18 years of age or older. (2) "Child" means a son or daughter of any age. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.302 - Court-Ordered Support For Disabled Child
  (a) The court may order either or both parents to provide for the support of a child for an indefinite period and may determine the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.303 - Standing To Sue
  (a) A suit provided by this subchapter may be filed only by: (1) a parent of the child or another person having physical custody or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.304 - General Procedure
  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the substantive and procedural rights and remedies in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship relating to the establishment, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.305 - Specific Procedures
  (a) A suit under this subchapter may be filed: (1) regardless of the age of the child; and (2) as an independent cause of action ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.306 - Amount Of Support After Age 18
  In determining the amount of support to be paid after a child's 18th birthday, the specific terms and conditions of that support, and the rights ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.307 - Modification And Enforcement
  An order provided by this subchapter may contain provisions governing the rights and duties of both parents with respect to the support of the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.308 - Remedy Not Exclusive
  (a) This subchapter does not affect a parent's: (1) cause of action for the support of a disabled child under any other law; or (2) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 154.309 - Possession Of Or Access To Adult Disabled Child
  (a) A court may render an order for the possession of or access to an adult disabled child that is appropriate under the circumstances. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.001 - Acquiring Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a court acquires continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the matters provided for by this title in connection with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.002 - Retaining Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction retains jurisdiction of the parties and matters provided by this title. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.003 - Exercise Of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction may exercise its jurisdiction to modify its order regarding managing conservatorship, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.004 - Loss Of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
  (a) A court of this state loses its continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order if: (1) an order of adoption is rendered after the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.005 - Jurisdiction Pending Transfer
  (a) During the transfer of a suit from a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the transferring court retains jurisdiction to render temporary orders. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.101 - Request For Identification Of Court Of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
  (a) The petitioner or the court shall request from the bureau of vital statistics identification of the court that last had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.102 - Dismissal
  If a court in which a suit is filed determines that another court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child, the court in which the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.103 - Reliance On Bureau Of Vital Statistics Information
  (a) A court shall have jurisdiction over a suit if it has been, correctly or incorrectly, informed by the bureau of vital statistics that the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.104 - Voidable Order
  (a) If a request for information from the bureau of vital statistics relating to the identity of the court having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.201 - Mandatory Transfer
  (a) On the filing of a motion showing that a suit for dissolution of the marriage of the child's parents has been filed in another ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.202 - Discretionary Transfer
  (a) If the basis of a motion to transfer a proceeding under this subchapter is that the child resides in another county, the court may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.203 - Determining County Of Child's Residence
  In computing the time during which the child has resided in a county, the court may not require that the period of residence be continuous ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.204 - Procedure For Transfer
  (a) A motion to transfer under Section 155.201(a) may be filed at any time. The motion must contain a certification that all other parties, including ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.205 - Transfer Of Child Support Registry
  (a) On rendition of an order transferring continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to another court, the transferring court shall also order that all future payments of child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.206 - Effect Of Transfer
  (a) A court to which a transfer is made becomes the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and all proceedings in the suit are continued as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.207 - Transfer Of Court Files
  (a) On the signing of an order of transfer, the clerk of the court transferring a proceeding shall send to the proper court in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 155.301 - Authority To Transfer
  (a) A court of this state with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding under Chapter 152 or a child support proceeding under Chapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.001 - Orders Subject To Modification
  A court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction may modify an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of and access to a child. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.002 - Who Can File
  (a) A party affected by an order may file a suit for modification in the court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. (b) A person or entity ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.003 - Notice
  A party whose rights and duties may be affected by a suit for modification is entitled to receive notice by service of citation. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.004 - Procedure
  The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit apply to a suit for modification under this chapter. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.005 - Frivolous Filing Of Suit For Modification
  If the court finds that a suit for modification is filed frivolously or is designed to harass a party, the court shall tax attorney's fees ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.006 - Temporary Orders
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the court may render a temporary order in a suit for modification. (b) While a suit for modification ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.101 - Grounds For Modification Of Order Establishing Conservatorship Or Possession And Access
  The court may modify an order that provides for the appointment of a conservator of a child, that provides the terms and conditions of conservatorship, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.102 - Modification Of Exclusive Right To Determine Primary Residence Of Child Within One Year Of Order
  (a) If a suit seeking to modify the designation of the person having the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of a child is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.103 - Increased Expenses Because Of Change Of Residence
  (a) If a change of residence results in increased expenses for a party having possession of or access to a child, the court may render ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.104 - Modification Of Order On Conviction For Child Abuse; Penalty
  (a) Except as provided by Section 156.1045, the conviction of a conservator, or an order deferring adjudication with regard to the conservator, for an offense ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.1045 - Modification Of Order On Conviction For Family Violence
  (a) The conviction or an order deferring adjudication of a person who is a possessory conservator or a sole or joint managing conservator for an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.105 - Modification Of Order Based On Military Deployment
  (a) The military deployment outside this country of a person who is a possessory conservator or a joint managing conservator without the exclusive right to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.401 - Grounds For Modification Of Child Support
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) or (b), the court may modify an order that provides for the support of a child if: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.402 - Effect Of Guidelines
  (a) The court may consider the child support guidelines for single and multiple families under Chapter 154 to determine whether there has been a material ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.403 - Voluntary Additional Support
  A history of support voluntarily provided in excess of the court order does not constitute cause to increase the amount of an existing child support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.404 - Net Resources Of New Spouse
  (a) The court may not add any portion of the net resources of a new spouse to the net resources of an obligor or obligee ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.405 - Change In Lifestyle
  An increase in the needs, standard of living, or lifestyle of the obligee since the rendition of the existing order does not warrant an increase ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.406 - Use Of Guidelines For Children In More Than One Household
  In applying the child support guidelines in a suit under this subchapter, if the obligor has the duty to support children in more than one ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.407 - Assignment Of Child Support Right
  A notice of assignment filed under Chapter 231 does not constitute a modification of an order to pay child support. Added by Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.408 - Modification Of Support Order Rendered By Another State
  (a) Unless both parties and the child reside in this state, a court of this state may modify an order of child support rendered by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.409 - Change In Physical Possession
  (a) If the sole managing conservator of a child or the joint managing conservator who has the exclusive right to determine the primary residence of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 156.410 - Change In Circumstances Resulting From Military Service
  (a) For purposes of Section 156.401, the fact that an obligor has been called into active military service in any branch of the United States ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.001 - Motion For Enforcement
  (a) A motion for enforcement as provided in this chapter may be filed to enforce a final order for conservatorship, child support, possession of or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.002 - Contents Of Motion
  (a) A motion for enforcement must, in ordinary and concise language: (1) identify the provision of the order allegedly violated and sought to be enforced; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.003 - Joinder Of Claims And Remedies; No Election Of Remedies
  (a) A party requesting enforcement may join in the same proceeding any claim and remedy provided for in this chapter, other provisions of this title, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.004 - Time Limitations; Enforcement Of Possession
  The court retains jurisdiction to render a contempt order for failure to comply with the order of possession and access if the motion for enforcement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.005 - Time Limitations; Enforcement Of Child Support
  (a) The court retains jurisdiction to render a contempt order for failure to comply with the child support order if the motion for enforcement is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.006 - Affirmative Defense To Motion For Enforcement
  (a) The issue of the existence of an affirmative defense to a motion for enforcement does not arise unless evidence is admitted supporting the defense. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.007 - Affirmative Defense To Motion For Enforcement Of Possession Or Access
  (a) The respondent may plead as an affirmative defense to contempt for failure to comply with an order for possession or access to a child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.008 - Affirmative Defense To Motion For Enforcement Of Child Support
  (a) An obligor may plead as an affirmative defense in whole or in part to a motion for enforcement of child support that the obligee ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.061 - Setting Hearing
  (a) On filing a motion for enforcement requesting contempt, the court shall set the date, time, and place of the hearing and order the respondent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.062 - Notice Of Hearing
  (a) The notice of hearing must include the date, time, and place of the hearing. (b) The notice of hearing need not repeat the allegations ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.063 - Appearance
  A party makes a general appearance for all purposes in an enforcement proceeding if: (1) the party appears at the hearing or is present when ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.064 - Special Exception
  (a) If a respondent specially excepts to the motion for enforcement or moves to strike, the court shall rule on the exception or the motion ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.065 - Notice Of Hearing, First Class Mail
  (a) If a party has been ordered under Chapter 105 to provide the court and the state case registry with the party's current mailing address, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.066 - Failure To Appear
  If a respondent who has been personally served with notice to appear at a hearing does not appear at the designated time, place, and date ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.101 - Bond Or Security For Release Of Respondent
  (a) When the court orders the issuance of a capias as provided in this chapter, the court shall also set an appearance bond or security, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.102 - Capias; Duty Of Law Enforcement Officials
  Law enforcement officials shall treat the capias in the same manner as an arrest warrant for a criminal offense and shall enter the capias in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.103 - Capias Fees
  (a) The fee for issuing a capias as provided in this chapter is the same as the fee for issuance of a writ of attachment. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.104 - Conditional Release
  If the respondent is taken into custody and released on bond, the court shall condition the bond on the respondent's promise to appear in court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.105 - Release Hearing
  (a) If the respondent is taken into custody and not released on bond, the respondent shall be brought before the court that issued the capias ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.106 - Cash Bond As Support
  (a) If the respondent has posted a cash bond and is found to be in arrears in the payment of court-ordered child support, the court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.107 - Appearance Bond Or Security Other Than Cash Bond As Support
  (a) If the respondent fails to appear at the hearing as directed, the court shall order that the appearance bond or security be forfeited and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.108 - Cash Bond As Property Of Respondent
  A court shall treat a cash bond posted for the benefit of the respondent as the property of the respondent. A person who posts the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.109 - Security For Compliance With Order
  (a) The court may order the respondent to execute a bond or post security if the court finds that the respondent: (1) has on two ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.110 - Forfeiture Of Security For Failure To Comply With Order
  (a) On the motion of a person or entity for whose benefit a bond has been executed or security deposited, the court may forfeit all ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.111 - Forfeiture Not Defense To Contempt
  The forfeiture of bond or security is not a defense in a contempt proceeding. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.112 - Joinder Of Forfeiture And Contempt Proceedings
  A motion for enforcement requesting contempt may be joined with a forfeiture proceeding. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.113 - Application Of Bond Pending Writ
  If the obligor requests to execute a bond or to post security pending a hearing by an appellate court on a writ, the bond or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.114 - Failure To Appear
  The court may order a capias to be issued for the arrest of the respondent if: (1) the motion for enforcement requests contempt; (2) the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.115 - Default Judgment
  (a) The court may render a default order for the relief requested if the respondent: (1) has been personally served, has filed an answer, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.161 - Record
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a record of the hearing in a motion for enforcement shall be made by a court reporter or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.162 - Proof
  (a) The movant is not required to prove that the underlying order is enforceable by contempt to obtain other appropriate enforcement remedies. (b) A finding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.163 - Appointment Of Attorney
  (a) In a motion for enforcement or motion to revoke community service, the court must first determine whether incarceration of the respondent is a possible ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.164 - Payment Of Appointed Attorney
  (a) An attorney appointed to represent an indigent respondent is entitled to a reasonable fee for services within the scope of the appointment in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.165 - Probation Of Contempt Order
  The court may place the respondent on community supervision and suspend commitment if the court finds that the respondent is in contempt of court for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.166 - Contents Of Enforcement Order
  (a) An enforcement order must include: (1) in ordinary and concise language the provisions of the order for which enforcement was requested; (2) the acts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.167 - Respondent To Pay Attorney's Fees And Costs
  (a) If the court finds that the respondent has failed to make child support payments, the court shall order the respondent to pay the movant's ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.168 - Additional Periods Of Possession Or Access
  (a) A court may order additional periods of possession of or access to a child to compensate for the denial of court-ordered possession or access. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.211 - Conditions Of Community Supervision
  If the court places the respondent on community supervision and suspends commitment, the terms and conditions of community supervision may include the requirement that the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.212 - Term Of Community Supervision
  The community supervision period may not exceed 10 years. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.213 - Community Supervision Fees
  (a) The court may require the respondent to pay a fee to the court in an amount equal to that required of a criminal defendant ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.214 - Motion To Revoke Community Supervision
  A prosecuting attorney, the Title IV-D agency, a domestic relations office, or a party affected by the order may file a verified motion alleging specifically ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.215 - Arrest For Alleged Violation Of Community Supervision
  (a) If the motion to revoke community supervision alleges a prima facie case that the respondent has violated a term or condition of community supervision, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.216 - Hearing On Motion To Revoke Community Supervision
  (a) The court shall hold a hearing without a jury on or before the first working day after the date the respondent is arrested under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.217 - Discharge From Community Supervision
  (a) When a community supervision period has been satisfactorily completed, the court on its own motion shall discharge the respondent from community supervision. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.261 - Unpaid Child Support As Judgment
  (a) A child support payment not timely made constitutes a final judgment for the amount due and owing, including interest as provided in this chapter. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.262 - Reduction Of Arrearages; Abeyance Of Enforcement
  (a) Except as provided by this section, in a contempt proceeding or in rendering a money judgment, the court may not reduce or modify the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.263 - Confirmation Of Arrearages
  (a) If a motion for enforcement of child support requests a money judgment for arrearages, the court shall confirm the amount of arrearages and render ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.264 - Enforcement Of Judgment
  (a) A money judgment rendered as provided in this subchapter may be enforced by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debts. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.265 - Accrual Of Interest On Child Support
  (a) Interest accrues on the portion of delinquent child support that is greater than the amount of the monthly periodic support obligation at the rate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.266 - Date Of Delinquency
  (a) A child support payment is delinquent for the purpose of accrual of interest if the payment is not received before the 31st day after ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.267 - Interest Enforced As Child Support
  Accrued interest is part of the child support obligation and may be enforced by any means provided for the collection of child support. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.268 - Application Of Child Support Payment
  Child support collected shall be applied in the following order of priority: (1) current child support; (2) non-delinquent child support owed; (3) interest on the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.269 - Retention Of Jurisdiction
  A court that renders an order providing for the payment of child support arrearages retains jurisdiction until all current support and medical support and child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.311 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Account" means: (A) any type of a demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.312 - General Provisions
  (a) A claimant may enforce child support by a lien as provided in this subchapter. (b) The remedies provided by this subchapter do not affect ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.313 - Contents Of Child Support Lien Notice
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a child support lien notice must contain: (1) the name and address of the person to whom the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.314 - Filing Lien Notice Or Abstract Of Judgment; Notice To Obligor
  (a) A child support lien notice or an abstract of judgment for past due child support may be filed by the claimant with the county ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.3145 - Service On Financial Institution
  (a) Service of a child support lien notice on a financial institution relating to property held by the institution in the name of, or in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.315 - Recording And Indexing Lien
  (a) On receipt of a child support lien notice, the county clerk shall immediately record the notice in the county judgment records as provided in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.316 - Perfection Of Child Support Lien
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a child support lien is perfected when an abstract of judgment for past due child support or a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.317 - Property To Which Lien Attaches
  (a) A child support lien attaches to all real and personal property not exempt under the Texas Constitution or other law, including: (1) an account ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.318 - Duration And Effect Of Child Support Lien
  (a) A lien is effective until all current support and child support arrearages, including interest and any costs and reasonable attorney's fees, have been paid ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.319 - Effect Of Lien Notice
  (a) If a person having actual notice of the lien possesses nonexempt personal property of the obligor that may be subject to the lien, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.320 - Priority Of Lien As To Real Property
  (a) A lien created under this subchapter does not have priority over a lien or conveyance of an interest in the nonexempt real property recorded ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.321 - Discretionary Release Of Lien
  A child support lien claimant may at any time release a lien on all or part of the property of the obligor or return seized ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.322 - Mandatory Release Of Lien
  (a) On payment in full of the amount of child support due, together with any costs and reasonable attorney's fees, the child support lien claimant ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.323 - Foreclosure Or Suit To Determine Arrearages
  (a) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, an action to foreclose a child support lien, to dispute the amount of arrearages stated ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.324 - Liability For Failure To Comply With Order Or Lien
  A person who knowingly disposes of property subject to a child support lien, who, after a foreclosure hearing, fails to surrender on demand nonexempt personal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.325 - Release Of Excess Funds To Debtor Or Obligor
  (a) If a person has in the person's possession earnings, deposits, accounts, balances, or other funds or assets of the obligor, including the proceeds of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.326 - Interest Of Obligor's Spouse Or Another Person Having Ownership Interest
  (a) A spouse of an obligor or another person having an ownership interest in property that is subject to a child support lien may file ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.327 - Execution And Levy On Financial Assets Of Obligor
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a judgment or administrative determination of arrearages has been rendered, a claimant may deliver a notice of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.328 - Notice Of Levy Sent To Obligor
  (a) At the time the notice of levy under Section 157.327 is delivered to a financial institution, the claimant shall serve the obligor with a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.329 - No Liability For Compliance With Notice Of Levy
  A financial institution that possesses or has a right to an obligor's assets for which a notice of levy has been delivered and that surrenders ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.330 - Failure To Comply With Notice Of Levy
  A person who possesses or has a right to property that is the subject of a notice of levy delivered to the person and who ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.331 - Additional Levy To Satisfy Arrearages
  If the property or right to property on which a notice of levy has been filed does not produce money sufficient to satisfy the amount ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.371 - Jurisdiction
  (a) The relator may file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in either the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction or in a court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.372 - Return Of Child
  (a) Subject to Chapter 152 and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (28 U.S.C. Section 1738A), if the right to possession of a child is governed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.373 - Relator Relinquished Possession; Temporary Orders
  (a) If the relator has by consent or acquiescence relinquished actual possession and control of the child for not less than 6 months preceding the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.374 - Welfare Of Child
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the court may render an appropriate temporary order if there is a serious immediate question concerning the welfare ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.375 - Immunity To Civil Process
  (a) While in this state for the sole purpose of compelling the return of a child through a habeas corpus proceeding, the relator is not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.376 - No Existing Order
  (a) If the right to possession of a child is not governed by an order, the court in a habeas corpus proceeding involving the right ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.421 - Clarifying Nonspecific Order
  (a) A court may clarify an order rendered by the court in a proceeding under this title if the court finds, on the motion of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.422 - Procedure
  (a) The procedure for filing a motion for enforcement of a final order applies to a motion for clarification. (b) A person is not entitled ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.423 - Substantive Change Not Enforceable
  (a) A court may not change the substantive provisions of an order to be clarified under this subchapter. (b) A substantive change made by a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.424 - Relation To Motion For Contempt
  The court may render a clarification order before a motion for contempt is made or heard, in conjunction with a motion for contempt, or after ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.425 - Order Not Retroactive
  The court may not provide that a clarification order is retroactive for the purpose of enforcement by contempt. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 157.426 - Time Allowed To Comply
  (a) In a clarification order, the court shall provide a reasonable time for compliance. (b) The clarification order may be enforced by contempt after the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.001 - Income Withholding; General Rule
  In a proceeding in which periodic payments of child support are ordered, modified, or enforced, the court or the Title IV-D agency shall order that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.002 - Suspension Of Income Withholding
  Except in a Title IV-D case, the court may provide, for good cause shown or on agreement of the parties, that the order withholding income ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.003 - Withholding For Arrearages In Addition To Current Support
  (a) In addition to income withheld for the current support of a child, income shall be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.004 - Withholding For Arrearages When No Current Support Is Due
  If current support is no longer owed, the court or the Title IV-D agency shall order that income be withheld for arrearages, including accrued interest ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.005 - Withholding To Satisfy Judgment For Arrearages
  In rendering a cumulative judgment for arrearages, the court shall order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.0051 - Order For Withholding For Costs And Fees
  (a) In addition to an order for income to be withheld for child support, including child support and child support arrearages, the court may render ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.006 - Income Withholding In Title Iv-D Suits
  In a Title IV-D case, the court or the Title IV-D agency shall order that income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.007 - Extension Of Repayment Schedule By Court Or Title Iv-D Agency; Unreasonable Hardship
  If the court or the Title IV-D agency finds that the schedule for discharging arrearages would cause the obligor, the obligor's family, or children for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.008 - Priority Of Withholding
  An order or writ of withholding has priority over any garnishment, attachment, execution, or other assignment or order affecting disposable earnings. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.009 - Maximum Amount Withheld From Earnings
  An order or writ of withholding shall direct that any employer of the obligor withhold from the obligor's disposable earnings the amount specified up to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.010 - Order Or Writ Binding On Employer Doing Business In State
  An order or writ of withholding issued under this chapter and delivered to an employer doing business in this state is binding on the employer ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.011 - Voluntary Withholding By Obligor
  (a) An obligor may file with the clerk of the court a notarized or acknowledged request signed by the obligor and the obligee for the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.101 - Applicability Of Procedure
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the procedure for a motion for enforcement of child support as provided in Chapter 157 applies to an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.102 - Time Limitations
  An order or writ for income withholding under this chapter may be issued until all current support and child support arrearages, interest, and any applicable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.103 - Contents Of Order Or Writ Of Withholding
  An order of withholding or writ of withholding issued under this chapter must contain the information required by the forms prescribed by the Title IV-D ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.104 - Request For Issuance Of Order Or Judicial Writ Of Withholding
  A request for issuance of an order or judicial writ of withholding may be filed with the clerk of the court by the prosecuting attorney, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.105 - Issuance And Delivery Of Order Or Judicial Writ Of Withholding
  (a) On filing a request for issuance of an order or judicial writ of withholding, the clerk of the court shall cause a certified copy ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.106 - Forms For Income Withholding
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall prescribe forms as required by federal law in a standard format entitled order or notice to withhold income for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.201 - Order Or Writ Binding On Employer
  (a) An employer required to withhold income from earnings is not entitled to notice of the proceedings before the order is rendered or writ of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.202 - Effective Date Of And Duration Of Withholding
  An employer shall begin to withhold income in accordance with an order or writ of withholding not later than the first pay period following the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.203 - Remitting Withheld Payments
  (a) The employer shall remit the amount to be withheld to the person or office named in the order or writ on each pay date. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.204 - Employer May Deduct Fee From Earnings
  An employer may deduct an administrative fee of not more than $10 each month from the obligor's disposable earnings in addition to the amount to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.205 - Hearing Requested By Employer
  (a) Not later than the 20th day after the date an order or writ of withholding is delivered, the employer may, as appropriate, file a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.206 - Liability And Obligation Of Employer; Workers' Compensation Claims
  (a) An employer receiving an order or a writ of withholding under this chapter, including an order or writ directing that health insurance be provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.207 - Employer Receiving More Than One Order Or Writ
  (a) An employer receiving two or more orders or writs for one obligor shall comply with each order or writ to the extent possible. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.208 - Employer May Combine Amounts Withheld
  An employer required to withhold from more than one obligor may combine the amounts withheld and make a single payment to each agency designated if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.209 - Employer's Penalty For Discriminatory Hiring Or Discharge
  (a) An employer may not use an order or writ of withholding as grounds in whole or part for the termination of employment or for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.210 - Fine For Noncompliance
  (a) In addition to the civil remedies provided by this subchapter or any other remedy provided by law, an employer who knowingly violates the provisions ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.211 - Notice Of Termination Of Employment And Of New Employment
  (a) If an obligor terminates employment with an employer who has been withholding income, both the obligor and the employer shall notify the court or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.212 - Improper Payment
  An employer who remits a payment to an incorrect office or person shall remit the payment to the agency or person identified in the order ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.213 - Withholding From Workers' Compensation Benefits
  (a) An insurance carrier that receives an order or writ of withholding under Section 158.206 for workers' compensation benefits payable to an obligor shall withhold ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.301 - Notice Of Application For Judicial Writ Of Withholding; Filing
  (a) A notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may be filed if: (1) a delinquency occurs in child support payments in an amount ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.302 - Contents Of Notice Of Application For Judicial Writ Of Withholding
  The notice of application for judicial writ of withholding shall be verified and: (1) state the amount of monthly support due, including medical support, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.303 - Interstate Request For Income Withholding
  (a) The registration of a foreign support order as provided in Chapter 159 is sufficient for the filing of a notice of application for judicial ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.304 - Additional Arrearages
  If the notice of application for judicial writ of withholding states that the obligor has repeatedly failed to pay support in accordance with the underlying ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.306 - Delivery Of Notice Of Application For Judicial Writ Of Withholding; Time Of Delivery
  (a) A notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may be delivered to the obligor by: (1) hand delivery by a person designated by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.307 - Motion To Stay Issuance Of Writ Of Withholding
  (a) The obligor may stay issuance of a judicial writ of withholding by filing a motion to stay with the clerk of court not later ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.308 - Effect Of Filing Motion To Stay
  The filing of a motion to stay by an obligor in the manner provided by Section 158.307 prohibits the clerk of court from delivering the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.309 - Hearing On Motion To Stay
  (a) If a motion to stay is filed in the manner provided by Section 158.307, the court shall set a hearing on the motion and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.310 - Special Exceptions
  (a) A defect in a notice of application for judicial writ of withholding is waived unless the respondent specially excepts in writing and cites with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.311 - Arrearages
  (a) Payment of arrearages after receipt of notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may not be the sole basis for the court to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.312 - Request For Issuance And Delivery Of Writ Of Withholding
  (a) If a notice of application for judicial writ of withholding is delivered and a motion to stay is not filed within the time limits ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.313 - Issuance And Delivery Of Writ Of Withholding
  (a) On the filing of a request for issuance of a writ of withholding, the clerk of the court shall issue the writ. (b) The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.314 - Contents Of Writ Of Withholding
  The judicial writ of income withholding issued by the clerk must direct that the employer or a subsequent employer withhold from the obligor's disposable income ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.315 - Extension Of Repayment Schedule By Party; Unreasonable Hardship
  If the party who filed the notice of application for judicial writ of withholding finds that the schedule for repaying arrearages would cause the obligor, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.316 - Payment Of Amount To Be Withheld
  The amount to be withheld shall be paid to the person or office named in the writ on each pay date and shall include with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.317 - Failure To Receive Notice Of Application For Judicial Writ Of Withholding
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date of the first pay period following the date of delivery of the writ of withholding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.319 - Issuance And Delivery Of Judicial Writ Of Withholding To Subsequent Employer
  (a) After the issuance of a judicial writ of withholding by the clerk, a party authorized to file a notice of application for judicial writ ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.401 - Modifications To Or Termination Of Withholding By Title Iv-D Agency
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall establish procedures for the reduction in the amount of or termination of withholding from income on the liquidation of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.402 - Agreement By Parties Regarding Amount Or Duration Of Withholding
  (a) An obligor and obligee may agree on a reduction in or termination of income withholding for child support on the occurrence of one of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.403 - Modifications To Or Termination Of Withholding In Voluntary Withholding Cases
  (a) If an obligor initiates voluntary withholding under Section 158.011, the obligee or an agency providing child support services may file with the clerk of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.404 - Delivery Of Order Of Reduction Or Termination Of Withholding
  If a court has rendered an order that reduces the amount of child support to be withheld or terminates withholding for child support, any person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.405 - Liability Of Employers
  The provisions of this chapter regarding the liability of employers for withholding apply to an order that reduces or terminates withholding. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.501 - Issuance Of Administrative Writ Of Withholding
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may initiate income withholding by issuing an administrative writ of withholding for the enforcement of an existing order as authorized ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.502 - When Administrative Writ Of Withholding May Be Issued
  (a) An administrative writ of withholding under this subchapter may be issued by the Title IV-D agency at any time until all current support, including ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.503 - Delivery Of Administrative Writ To Employer; Filing With Court
  (a) An administrative writ of withholding issued under this subchapter may be delivered to an obligor, obligee, and employer by mail or by electronic transmission. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.504 - Contents Of Administrative Writ Of Withholding
  (a) The administrative writ of withholding must be in the form prescribed by the Title IV-D agency as required by this chapter and in a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.505 - Notice To Obligor
  (a) On issuance of an administrative writ of withholding, the Title IV-D agency shall send the obligor: (1) notice that the withholding has commenced, including, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.506 - Contest By Obligor To Administrative Writ Of Withholding
  (a) Except as provided by Section 158.502(c), an obligor receiving the notice under Section 158.505 may request a review by the Title IV-D agency to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 158.507 - Administrative Writ Terminating Withholding
  An administrative writ to terminate withholding may be issued and delivered to an employer by the Title IV-D agency when all current support, including medical ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.001 - Conflicts Between Provisions
  If a provision of this chapter conflicts with a provision of this title or another statute or rule of this state and the conflict cannot ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.101 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.102 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who: (A) is or is alleged to be owed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.103 - Tribunal Of State
  The court is the tribunal of this state. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.104 - Remedies Cumulative
  (a) Remedies provided in this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, including the recognition of a support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.201 - Bases For Jurisdiction Over Nonresident
  (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.202 - Duration Of Personal Jurisdiction
  Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.203 - Initiating And Responding Tribunal Of State
  Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to another state and as a responding tribunal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.204 - Simultaneous Proceedings
  (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.205 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order
  (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.206 - Continuing Jurisdiction To Enforce Child Support Order
  (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.207 - Determination Of Controlling Child Support Order
  (a) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.208 - Child Support Orders For Two Or More Obligees
  In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.209 - Credit For Payments
  A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under a support order against the amounts owed for the same period ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.210 - Applicability To Nonresident Subject To Personal Jurisdiction
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), Subchapters D-H do not apply to a tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.211 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Spousal Support Order
  (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.301 - Proceedings Under Chapter
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.302 - Proceeding By Minor Parent
  A minor parent or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.303 - Application Of Law Of State
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall: (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.304 - Duties Of Initiating Tribunal
  (a) On the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.305 - Duties And Powers Of Responding Tribunal
  (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under Section 159.301(c), the responding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.306 - Inappropriate Tribunal
  If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, that tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.307 - Duties Of Support Enforcement Agency
  (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, on request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter. (b) A support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.308 - Duty Of Certain State Officials
  (a) If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.309 - Private Counsel
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.310 - Duties Of State Information Agency
  (a) The Title IV-D agency is the state information agency under this chapter. (b) The state information agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a current ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.311 - Pleadings And Accompanying Documents
  (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage, or to register and modify a support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.312 - Nondisclosure Of Information In Exceptional Circumstances
  If a party alleges in an affidavit or pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.313 - Costs And Fees
  (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may assess ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.314 - Limited Immunity Of Petitioner
  (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.315 - Nonparentage As Defense
  A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or under law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.316 - Special Rules Of Evidence And Procedure
  (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.317 - Communications Between Tribunals
  A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal of another state or of a foreign country or political subdivision in a record, by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.318 - Assistance With Discovery
  A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) on request, compel a person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.319 - Receipt And Disbursement Of Payments
  (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the order. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.401 - Petition To Establish Support Order
  (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.501 - Employer's Receipt Of Income-Withholding Order Of Another State
  An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support enforcement agency to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.502 - Employer's Compliance With Income-Withholding Order Of Another State
  (a) On receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.503 - Employer's Compliance With Two Or More Income-Withholding Orders
  If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.504 - Immunity From Civil Liability
  An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subchapter is not subject to civil liability to an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.505 - Penalties For Noncompliance
  An employer who wilfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued by another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.506 - Contest By Obligor
  (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.507 - Administrative Enforcement Of Orders
  (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.601 - Registration Of Order For Enforcement
  A support order or income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state may be registered in this state for enforcement. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.602 - Procedure To Register Order For Enforcement
  (a) A support order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in this state by sending to the appropriate tribunal in this state: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.603 - Effect Of Registration For Enforcement
  (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.604 - Choice Of Law
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the law of the issuing state governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.605 - Notice Of Registration Of Order
  (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.606 - Procedure To Contest Validity Or Enforcement Of Registered Order
  (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing within 20 days ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.607 - Contest Of Registration Or Enforcement
  (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.608 - Confirmed Order
  Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.609 - Procedure To Register Child Support Order Of Another State For Modification
  A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify or to modify and enforce a child support order issued in another state shall register that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.610 - Effect Of Registration For Modification
  A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.611 - Modification Of Child Support Order Of Another State
  (a) Except as provided by Section 159.615, on petition a tribunal of this state may modify a child support order issued in another state and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.612 - Recognition Of Order Modified In Another State
  If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.613 - Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order Of Another State When Individual Parties Reside In This State
  (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.614 - Notice To Issuing Tribunal Of Modification
  Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.615 - Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order Of Foreign Country Or Political Subdivision
  (a) If a foreign country or political subdivision that is a state refuses to modify its order or may not under its law modify its ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.701 - Proceeding To Determine Parentage
  A court of this state authorized to determine the parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.801 - Grounds For Rendition
  (a) In this subchapter, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.802 - Conditions Of Rendition
  (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 159.901 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction
  In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.001 - Application And Construction
  This chapter shall be applied and construed to promote the uniformity of the law among the states that enact the Uniform Parentage Act. Amended by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.002 - Conflicts Between Provisions
  If a provision of this chapter conflicts with another provision of this title or another state statute or rule and the conflict cannot be reconciled, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.101 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Parentage Act. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.102 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Adjudicated father" means a man who has been adjudicated by a court to be the father of a child. (2) "Assisted ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.103 - Scope Of Chapter; Choice Of Law
  (a) This chapter governs every determination of parentage in this state. (b) The court shall apply the law of this state to adjudicate the parent-child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.104 - Authorized Courts
  The following courts are authorized to adjudicate parentage under this chapter: (1) a court with jurisdiction to hear a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.105 - Protection Of Participants
  A proceeding under this chapter is subject to the other laws of this state governing the health, safety, privacy, and liberty of a child or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.106 - Determination Of Maternity
  The provisions of this chapter relating to the determination of paternity apply to a determination of maternity. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.201 - Establishment Of Parent-Child Relationship
  (a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: (1) the woman giving birth to the child; (2) an adjudication of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.202 - No Discrimination Based On Marital Status
  A child born to parents who are not married to each other has the same rights under the law as a child born to parents ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.203 - Consequences Of Establishment Of Parentage
  Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under this chapter applies for all purposes, except as otherwise provided by another law of this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.204 - Presumption Of Paternity
  (a) A man is presumed to be the father of a child if: (1) he is married to the mother of the child and the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.301 - Acknowledgment Of Paternity
  The mother of a child and a man claiming to be the biological father of the child may sign an acknowledgment of paternity with the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.302 - Execution Of Acknowledgment Of Paternity
  (a) An acknowledgment of paternity must: (1) be in a record; (2) be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury by the mother and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.303 - Denial Of Paternity
  A presumed father of a child may sign a denial of his paternity. The denial is valid only if: (1) an acknowledgment of paternity signed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.304 - Rules For Acknowledgment And Denial Of Paternity
  (a) An acknowledgment of paternity and a denial of paternity may be contained in a single document or in different documents and may be filed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.305 - Effect Of Acknowledgment Or Denial Of Paternity
  (a) Except as provided by Sections 160.307 and 160.308, a valid acknowledgment of paternity filed with the bureau of vital statistics is the equivalent of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.306 - Filing Fee Not Required
  The bureau of vital statistics may not charge a fee for filing an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity. Added by Acts 2001, 77th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.307 - Proceeding For Rescission
  A signatory may rescind an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity by commencing a proceeding to rescind before the earlier of: (1) the 60th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.308 - Challenge After Expiration Of Period For Rescission
  (a) After the period for rescission under Section 160.307 has expired, a signatory of an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity may commence a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.309 - Procedure For Rescission Or Challenge
  (a) Each signatory to an acknowledgment of paternity and any related denial of paternity must be made a party to a proceeding to rescind or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.310 - Ratification Barred
  A court or administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative proceeding may not ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.311 - Full Faith And Credit
  A court of this state shall give full faith and credit to an acknowledgment of paternity or a denial of paternity that is effective in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.312 - Forms For Acknowledgment And Denial Of Paternity
  (a) To facilitate compliance with this subchapter, the bureau of vital statistics shall prescribe forms for the acknowledgment of paternity and the denial of paternity. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.313 - Release Of Information
  The bureau of vital statistics may release information relating to the acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity to a signatory of the acknowledgment or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.314 - Adoption Of Rules
  The Title IV-D agency and the bureau of vital statistics may adopt rules to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.315 - Memorandum Of Understanding
  (a) The Title IV-D agency and the bureau of vital statistics shall adopt a memorandum of understanding governing the collection and transfer of information for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.401 - Establishment Of Registry
  A registry of paternity is established in the bureau of vital statistics. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. June 14, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.402 - Registration For Notification
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), a man who desires to be notified of a proceeding for the adoption of or the termination ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.403 - Notice Of Proceeding
  Notice of a proceeding to adopt or to terminate parental rights regarding a child must be given to a registrant who has timely registered with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.404 - Termination Of Parental Rights: Failure To Register
  The parental rights of a man alleged to be the father of a child may be terminated without notice as provided by Section 161.002 if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.411 - Required Form
  The bureau of vital statistics shall adopt a form for registering with the registry. The form must require the signature of the registrant. The form ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.412 - Furnishing Of Information; Confidentiality
  (a) The bureau of vital statistics is not required to attempt to locate the mother of a child who is the subject of a registration. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.413 - Offense: Unauthorized Release Of Information
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally releases information from the registry of paternity to another person, including an agency, that is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.414 - Rescission Of Registration
  A registrant may rescind his registration at any time by sending to the registry a rescission in a record or another manner authenticated by him ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.415 - Untimely Registration
  If a man registers later than the 30th day after the date of the birth of the child, the bureau of vital statistics shall notify ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.416 - Fees For Registry
  (a) A fee may not be charged for filing a registration or to rescind a registration. (b) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.421 - Search Of Appropriate Registry
  (a) If a father-child relationship has not been established under this chapter, a petitioner for the adoption of or the termination of parental rights regarding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.422 - Certificate Of Search Of Registry
  (a) The bureau of vital statistics shall furnish a certificate of the results of a search of the registry on request by an individual, a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.423 - Admissibility Of Certificate
  A certificate of the results of a search of the registry in this state or of a paternity registry in another state is admissible in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.501 - Application Of Subchapter
  This subchapter governs genetic testing of an individual to determine parentage, regardless of whether the individual: (1) voluntarily submits to testing; or (2) is tested ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.502 - Order For Testing
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter and by Subchapter G, a court shall order a child and other designated individuals to submit to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.503 - Requirements For Genetic Testing
  (a) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied on by experts in the field of genetic testing. The testing must be performed in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.504 - Report Of Genetic Testing
  (a) A report of the results of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.505 - Genetic Testing Results; Rebuttal
  (a) A man is rebuttably identified as the father of a child under this chapter if the genetic testing complies with this subchapter and the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.506 - Costs Of Genetic Testing
  (a) Subject to the assessment of costs under Subchapter G, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced: (1) by a support enforcement agency, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.507 - Additional Genetic Testing
  The court or the support enforcement agency shall order additional genetic testing on the request of a party who contests the result of the original ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.508 - Genetic Testing When All Individuals Not Available
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), if a genetic testing specimen for good cause and under circumstances the court considers to be just is not available ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.509 - Deceased Individual
  For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing of a deceased individual. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.510 - Identical Brothers
  (a) The court may order genetic testing of a brother of a man identified as the father of a child if the man is commonly ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.511 - Offense: Unauthorized Release Of Specimen
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally releases an identifiable specimen of another person for any purpose not relevant to the parentage ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.601 - Proceeding Authorized; Rules Of Procedure
  (a) A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child. (b) The proceeding is governed by the Texas Rules of Civil ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.602 - Standing To Maintain Proceeding
  (a) Subject to Subchapter D and Sections 160.607 and 160.609 and except as provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.603 - Necessary Parties To Proceeding
  The following individuals must be joined as parties in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage: (1) the mother of the child; and (2) a man whose ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.604 - Personal Jurisdiction
  (a) An individual may not be adjudicated to be a parent unless the court has personal jurisdiction over the individual. (b) A court of this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.605 - Venue
  Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is in the county of this state in which: (1) the child resides or is found; (2) the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.606 - No Time Limitation: Child Having No Presumed, Acknowledged, Or Adjudicated Father
  A proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father may be commenced at any time, including after the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.607 - Time Limitation: Child Having Presumed Father
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding brought by a presumed father, the mother, or another individual to adjudicate the parentage of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.608 - Authority To Deny Motion For Genetic Testing
  (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, a court may deny a motion for an order for the genetic testing of the mother, the child, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.609 - Time Limitation: Child Having Acknowledged Or Adjudicated Father
  (a) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory to the acknowledgment or denial of paternity may commence a proceeding seeking to rescind the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.610 - Joinder Of Proceedings
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be joined with a proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, possession ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.611 - Proceedings Before Birth
  (a) A proceeding to determine parentage commenced before the birth of the child may not be concluded until after the birth of the child. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.612 - Child As Party; Representation
  (a) A minor child is a permissible party, but is not a necessary party to a proceeding under this subchapter. (b) The court shall appoint ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.621 - Admissibility Of Results Of Genetic Testing; Expenses
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), a report of a genetic testing expert is admissible as evidence of the truth of the facts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.622 - Consequences Of Declining Genetic Testing
  (a) An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt. (b) A court may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of an individual whose paternity ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.623 - Admission Of Paternity Authorized
  (a) A respondent in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may admit to the paternity of a child by filing a pleading to that effect or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.624 - Temporary Order
  (a) In a proceeding under this subchapter, the court shall render a temporary order for child support for a child if the order is appropriate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.631 - Rules For Adjudication Of Paternity
  (a) The court shall apply the rules stated in this section to adjudicate the paternity of a child. (b) The paternity of a child having ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.632 - Jury Prohibited
  The court shall adjudicate paternity of a child without a jury. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.633 - Hearings; Inspection Of Records
  (a) A proceeding under this subchapter is open to the public as in other civil cases. (b) Papers and records in a proceeding under this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.634 - Order On Default
  The court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity of a man who: (1) after service of process, is in default; and (2) is found ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.635 - Dismissal For Want Of Prosecution
  The court may issue an order dismissing a proceeding commenced under this chapter for want of prosecution only without prejudice. An order of dismissal for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.636 - Order Adjudicating Parentage; Costs
  (a) The court shall render an order adjudicating whether a man alleged or claiming to be the father is the parent of the child. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.637 - Binding Effect Of Determination Of Parentage
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b) or Section 160.316, a determination of parentage is binding on: (1) all signatories to an acknowledgment or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.701 - Scope Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. June ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.702 - Parental Status Of Donor
  A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.703 - Husband's Paternity Of Child Of Assisted Reproduction
  If a husband provides sperm for or consents to assisted reproduction by his wife as provided by Section 160.704, he is the father of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.704 - Consent To Assisted Reproduction
  (a) Consent by a married woman to assisted reproduction must be in a record signed by the woman and her husband. This requirement does not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.705 - Limitation On Husband's Dispute Of Paternity
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.706 - Effect Of Dissolution Of Marriage
  (a) If a marriage is dissolved before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the former spouse is not a parent of the resulting child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.707 - Parental Status Of Deceased Spouse
  If a spouse dies before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the deceased spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.751 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "gestational mother" means a woman who gives birth to a child conceived under a gestational agreement. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.752 - Scope Of Subchapter; Choice Of Law
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or another law, this subchapter authorizes an agreement between a woman and the intended parents of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.753 - Establishment Of Parent-Child Relationship
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or another law, the mother-child relationship exists between a woman and a child by an adjudication confirming ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.754 - Gestational Agreement Authorized
  (a) A prospective gestational mother, her husband if she is married, each donor, and each intended parent may enter into a written agreement providing that: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.755 - Petition To Validate Gestational Agreement
  (a) The intended parents and the prospective gestational mother under a gestational agreement may commence a proceeding to validate the agreement. (b) A person may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.756 - Hearing To Validate Gestational Agreement
  (a) A gestational agreement must be validated as provided by this section. (b) The court may validate a gestational agreement as provided by Subsection (c) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.757 - Inspection Of Records
  The proceedings, records, and identities of the parties to a gestational agreement under this subchapter are subject to inspection under the same standards of confidentiality ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.758 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
  Subject to Section 152.201, a court that conducts a proceeding under this subchapter has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of all matters arising out of the gestational ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.759 - Termination Of Gestational Agreement
  (a) Before a prospective gestational mother becomes pregnant by means of assisted reproduction, the prospective gestational mother, her husband if she is married, or either ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.760 - Parentage Under Validated Gestational Agreement
  (a) On the birth of a child to a gestational mother under a validated gestational agreement, the intended parents shall file a notice of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.761 - Effect Of Gestational Mother's Marriage After Validation Of Agreement
  If a gestational mother is married after the court renders an order validating a gestational agreement under this subchapter: (1) the validity of the gestational ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.762 - Effect Of Gestational Agreement That Is Not Validated
  (a) A gestational agreement that is not validated as provided by this subchapter is unenforceable, regardless of whether the agreement is in a record. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 160.763 - Health Care Facility Reporting Requirement
  (a) The Texas Department of Health by rule shall develop and implement a confidential reporting system that requires each health care facility in this state ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.001 - Involuntary Termination Of Parent-Child Relationship
  The court may order termination of the parent-child relationship if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence: (1) that the parent has: (A) voluntarily ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.002 - Termination Of The Rights Of An Alleged Biological Father
  (a) The procedural and substantive standards for termination of parental rights apply to the termination of the rights of an alleged father. (b) The rights ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.003 - Involuntary Termination: Inability To Care For Child
  (a) The court may order termination of the parent-child relationship in a suit filed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services if the court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.004 - Termination Of Parental Rights After Denial Of Prior Petition To Terminate
  (a) The court may terminate the parent-child relationship after rendition of an order that previously denied termination of the parent-child relationship if: (1) the petition ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.005 - Termination When Parent Is Petitioner
  (a) A parent may file a suit for termination of the petitioner's parent-child relationship. The court may order termination if termination is in the best ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.006 - Termination After Abortion
  (a) A petition requesting termination of the parent-child relationship with respect to a parent who is not the petitioner may be granted if the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.007 - Termination When Pregnancy Results From Criminal Act
  The court may order the termination of the parent-child relationship of a parent and a child if the court finds that: (1) the parent has ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.101 - Petition Allegations
  A petition for the termination of the parent-child relationship is sufficient without the necessity of specifying the underlying facts if the petition alleges in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.102 - Filing Suit For Termination Before Birth
  (a) A suit for termination may be filed before the birth of the child. (b) If the suit is filed before the birth of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.103 - Affidavit Of Voluntary Relinquishment Of Parental Rights
  (a) An affidavit for voluntary relinquishment of parental rights must be: (1) signed after the birth of the child, but not before 48 hours after ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.1031 - Medical History Report
  (a) A parent who signs an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights under Section 161.103 regarding a biological child must also prepare a medical ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.1035 - Revocability Of Certain Affidavits
  An affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights or affidavit of waiver of interest in a child that fails to state that the relinquishment or waiver ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.104 - Rights Of Designated Managing Conservator Pending Court Appointment
  A person, licensed child-placing agency, or authorized agency designated managing conservator of a child in an irrevocable or unrevoked affidavit of relinquishment has a right ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.105 - Affidavit Of Status Of Child
  (a) If the child has no presumed father, an affidavit shall be: (1) signed by the mother, whether or not a minor; (2) witnessed by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.106 - Affidavit Of Waiver Of Interest In Child
  (a) A man may sign an affidavit disclaiming any interest in a child and waiving notice or the service of citation in any suit filed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.107 - Missing Parent Or Relative
  (a) In this section: (1) "Parent" means a parent whose parent-child relationship with a child has not been terminated. (2) "Relative" means a parent, grandparent, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.108 - Release Of Child From Hospital Or Birthing Center
  (a) Before or at the time an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights under Section 161.103 is executed, the mother of a newborn child may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.109 - Requirement Of Paternity Registry Certificate
  (a) If an affidavit of status of child as provided by this chapter states that the father of the child is unknown and no probable ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.2011 - Continuance; Access To Child
  (a) A parent whose rights are subject to termination in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship and against whom criminal charges are filed that directly ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.202 - Preferential Setting
  In a termination suit, after a hearing, the court shall grant a motion for a preferential setting for a final hearing on the merits filed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.2021 - Medical History Report
  (a) In a termination suit, the court shall order each parent before the court to provide information regarding the medical history of the parent and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.203 - Dismissal Of Petition
  A suit to terminate may not be dismissed nor may a nonsuit be taken unless the dismissal or nonsuit is approved by the court. The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.204 - Termination Based On Affidavit Of Waiver Of Interest
  In a suit for termination, the court may render an order terminating the parent-child relationship between a child and a man who has signed an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.205 - Order Denying Termination
  If the court does not order termination of the parent-child relationship, the court shall: (1) deny the petition; or (2) render any order in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.206 - Order Terminating Parental Rights
  (a) If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship, it shall render an order terminating the parent-child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.2061 - Terms Regarding Limited Post-Termination Contact
  (a) If the court finds it to be in the best interest of the child, the court may provide in an order terminating the parent-child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.2062 - Provision For Limited Contact Between Biological Parent And Child
  (a) An order terminating the parent-child relationship may not require that a subsequent adoption order include terms regarding limited post-termination contact between the child and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.207 - Appointment Of Managing Conservator On Termination
  (a) If the court terminates the parent-child relationship with respect to both parents or to the only living parent, the court shall appoint a suitable, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.208 - Appointment Of Department Of Protective And Regulatory Services As Managing Conservator
  If a parent of the child has not been personally served in a suit in which the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services seeks termination, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.209 - Copy Of Order Of Termination
  A copy of an order of termination rendered under Section 161.206 is not required to be mailed to parties as provided by Rules 119a and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.210 - Sealing Of File
  The court, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, may order the sealing of the file, the minutes of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 161.211 - Direct Or Collateral Attack On Termination Order
  (a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an order terminating the parental rights of a person who has been personally ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.001 - Who May Adopt And Be Adopted
  (a) Subject to the requirements for standing to sue in Chapter 102, an adult may petition to adopt a child who may be adopted. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.002 - Prerequisites To Petition
  (a) If a petitioner is married, both spouses must join in the petition for adoption. (b) A petition in a suit for adoption or a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.003 - Pre-Adoptive Home Screening And Post-Placement Report
  In a suit for adoption, a pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement report must be conducted as provided in Chapter 107. Added by Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.0045 - Preferential Setting
  The court shall grant a motion for a preferential setting for a final hearing on an adoption and shall give precedence to that hearing over ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.005 - Preparation Of Health, Social, Educational, And Genetic History Report
  (a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the child's: (1) grandparent; (2) aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior adoption; or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.006 - Right To Examine Records
  (a) The department, licensed child-placing agency, person, or entity placing a child for adoption shall inform the prospective adoptive parents of their right to examine ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.0065 - Editing Adoption Records In Department Placement
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in an adoption in which a child is placed for adoption by the Department of Protective and Regulatory ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.007 - Contents Of Health, Social, Educational, And Genetic History Report
  (a) The health history of the child must include information about: (1) the child's health status at the time of placement; (2) the child's birth, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.008 - Filing Of Health, Social, Educational, And Genetic History Report
  (a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the child's: (1) grandparent; (2) aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior adoption; or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.0085 - Criminal History Report Required
  (a) In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which an adoption is sought, the court shall order each person seeking to adopt the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.009 - Residence With Petitioner
  (a) The court may not grant an adoption until the child has resided with the petitioner for not less than six months. (b) On request ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.010 - Consent Required
  (a) Unless the managing conservator is the petitioner, the written consent of a managing conservator to the adoption must be filed. The court may waive ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.011 - Revocation Of Consent
  At any time before an order granting the adoption of the child is rendered, a consent required by Section 162.010 may be revoked by filing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.012 - Direct Or Collateral Attack
  (a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an adoption order is not subject to attack after six months after the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.013 - Abatement Or Dismissal
  (a) If the sole petitioner dies or the joint petitioners die, the court shall dismiss the suit for adoption. (b) If one of the joint ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.014 - Attendance At Hearing Required
  (a) If the joint petitioners are husband and wife and it would be unduly difficult for one of the petitioners to appear at the hearing, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.015 - Race Or Ethnicity
  (a) In determining the best interest of the child, the court may not deny or delay the adoption or otherwise discriminate on the basis of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.016 - Adoption Order
  (a) If a petition requesting termination has been joined with a petition requesting adoption, the court shall also terminate the parent-child relationship at the same ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.017 - Effect Of Adoption
  (a) An order of adoption creates the parent-child relationship between the adoptive parent and the child for all purposes. (b) An adopted child is entitled ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.018 - Access To Information
  (a) The adoptive parents are entitled to receive copies of the records and other information relating to the history of the child maintained by the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.019 - Copy Of Order
  A copy of the adoption order is not required to be mailed to the parties as provided in Rules 119a and 239a, Texas Rules of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.020 - Withdrawal Or Denial Of Petition
  If a petition requesting adoption is withdrawn or denied, the court may order the removal of the child from the proposed adoptive home if removal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.021 - Sealing File
  (a) The court, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, may order the sealing of the file and the minutes ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.022 - Confidentiality Maintained By Clerk
  The records concerning a child maintained by the district clerk after entry of an order of adoption are confidential. No person is entitled to access ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.023 - Adoption Order From Foreign Country
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, an adoption order rendered to a resident of this state that is made by a foreign country shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.025 - Placement By Unauthorized Person; Offense
  (a) A person who is not the natural or adoptive parent of the child, the legal guardian of the child, or a child-placing agency licensed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Appropriate public authorities," with reference to this state, means the executive director. (2) "Appropriate authority in the receiving state," with reference ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.102 - Adoption Of Compact; Text
  The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is adopted by this state and entered into with all other jurisdictions in form substantially as provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.103 - Financial Responsibility For Child
  (a) Financial responsibility for a child placed as provided in the compact is determined, in the first instance, as provided in Article V of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.104 - Approval Of Placement
  The executive director may not approve the placement of a child in this state without the concurrence of the individuals with whom the child is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.105 - Placement In Another State
  A juvenile court may place a delinquent child in an institution in another state as provided by Article VI of the compact. After placement in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.106 - Compact Authority
  (a) The governor shall appoint the executive director of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services as compact administrator. (b) The executive director shall designate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.107 - Offenses; Penalties
  (a) An individual, agency, corporation, or child-care facility that violates a provision of the compact commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.201 - Adoption Of Compact; Text
  The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is adopted by this state and entered into with all other jurisdictions joining in the compact in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.202 - Authority Of Department Of Protective And Regulatory Services
  The Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, with the concurrence of the Health and Human Services Commission, may develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.203 - Compact Administration
  The executive director of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall serve as the compact administrator. The administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.204 - Supplementary Agreements
  The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under the compact. If a supplementary agreement requires or authorizes the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.205 - Payments By State
  The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the chief state fiscal officer, may make or arrange for payments necessary to discharge financial obligations imposed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.206 - Penalties
  A person who, under a compact entered into under this subchapter, knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain or aids or abets any person in obtaining, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.301 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Adoption assistance agreement" means a written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement, between the department and the prospective adoptive ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.302 - Adoption Assistance Program
  (a) The department shall administer a program designed to promote the adoption of children by providing information to prospective adoptive parents concerning the availability and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.303 - Dissemination Of Information
  The department, county child-care or welfare units, and licensed child-placing agencies shall disseminate information to prospective adoptive parents concerning the availability and needs of children ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.304 - Financial And Medical Assistance
  (a) The department shall enter into adoption assistance agreements with the adoptive parents of a child as authorized by Part E of Title IV of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.3041 - Continuation Of Assistance After Child's 18th Birthday
  (a) The department shall, in accordance with department rules, offer adoption assistance after a child's 18th birthday to the child's adoptive parents under an existing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.305 - Funds
  The department and other state agencies shall actively seek and use federal funds available for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.306 - Postadoption Services
  (a) The department may provide services after adoption to adoptees and adoptive families for whom the department provided services before the adoption. (b) The department ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.308 - Race Or Ethnicity
  (a) The department, a county child-care or welfare unit, or a licensed child-placing agency may not make an adoption placement decision on the presumption that ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.309 - Advisory Committee On Promoting Adoption Of Minority Children
  (a) An advisory committee on promoting the adoption of and provision of services to minority children is established within the department. (b) The committee is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.401 - Purpose
  The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the establishment of mutual consent voluntary adoption registries through which adoptees, birth parents, and biological siblings ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.402 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Administrator" means the administrator of a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry established under this subchapter. (2) "Adoptee" means a person 18 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.403 - Establishment Of Voluntary Adoption Registries
  (a) The bureau shall establish and maintain a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an agency authorized by the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.404 - Requirement To Send Information To Central Registry
  An authorized agency that is permitted to provide a registry under this subchapter or that participates in a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry with an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.405 - Determination Of Appropriate Registry
  (a) The administrator of the central registry shall determine the appropriate registry to which an applicant is entitled to apply. (b) On receiving an inquiry ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.406 - Registration Eligibility
  (a) An adoptee who is 18 years of age or older may apply to a registry for information about the adoptee's birth parents and biological ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.407 - Registration
  (a) The administrator shall require each registration applicant to sign a written application. (b) An adoptee adopted or placed through an authorized agency may register ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.408 - Proof Of Identity
  The rules and minimum standards of the Texas Board of Health for the bureau must provide for proof of identity in order to facilitate the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.409 - Application
  (a) An application must contain: (1) the name, address, and telephone number of the applicant; (2) any other name or alias by which the applicant ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.411 - Fees
  (a) The costs of establishing, operating, and maintaining a registry may be recovered in whole or in part through users' fees charged to applicants and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.412 - Supplemental Information
  (a) A registrant may amend the registrant's registration and submit additional information to the administrator. A registrant shall notify the administrator of any change in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.413 - Counseling
  The applicant must participate in counseling for not less than one hour with a social worker or mental health professional with expertise in postadoption counseling ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.414 - Matching Procedures
  (a) The administrator shall process each registration in an attempt to match the adoptee and the adoptee's birth parents or the adoptee and the adoptee's ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.416 - Disclosure Of Identifying Information
  (a) When a match has been made and confirmed to the administrator's satisfaction, the administrator shall mail to each registrant, at the registrant's last known ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.419 - Registry Records Confidential
  (a) All applications, registrations, records, and other information submitted to, obtained by, or otherwise acquired by a registry are confidential and may not be disclosed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.420 - Rulemaking
  (a) The Texas Board of Health shall make rules and adopt minimum standards for the bureau to: (1) administer the provisions of this subchapter; and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.421 - Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties
  (a) This subchapter does not prevent the bureau from making known to the public, by appropriate means, the existence of voluntary adoption registries. (b) Information ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.422 - Immunity From Liability
  (a) The bureau or authorized agency establishing or operating a registry is not liable to any person for obtaining or disclosing identifying information about a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.501 - Adoption Of Adult
  The court may grant the petition of an adult residing in this state to adopt another adult according to this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.502 - Jurisdiction
  The petitioner shall file a suit to adopt an adult in the district court or a statutory county court granted jurisdiction in family law cases ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.503 - Requirements Of Petition
  (a) A petition to adopt an adult shall be entitled "In the Interest of __________, An Adult." (b) If the petitioner is married, both spouses ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.504 - Consent
  A court may not grant an adoption unless the adult consents in writing to be adopted by the petitioner. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.505 - Attendance Required
  The petitioner and the adult to be adopted must attend the hearing. For good cause shown, the court may waive this requirement, by written order, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.506 - Adoption Order
  (a) The court shall grant the adoption if the court finds that the requirements for adoption of an adult are met. (b) Notwithstanding that both ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.507 - Effect Of Adoption
  (a) The adopted adult is the son or daughter of the adoptive parents for all purposes. (b) The adopted adult is entitled to inherit from ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.601 - Incentives For Licensed Child-Placing Agencies
  (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall pay, in addition to any other amounts due, a monetary ...
• Texas Family Code Section 162.602 - Documentation To Accompany Petition For Adoption Or Annulment Or Revocation Of Adoption
  At the time a petition for adoption or annulment or revocation of adoption is filed, the petitioner shall also file completed documentation that may be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.001 - Appointment
  (a) A judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title or Title 1 or 4 may appoint a full-time or part-time ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.002 - Qualifications
  To be eligible for appointment as an associate judge, a person must meet the requirements and qualifications to serve as a judge of the court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.003 - Compensation
  (a) An associate judge shall be paid a salary determined by the commissioners court of the county in which the associate judge serves. (b) If ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.004 - Termination Of Associate Judge
  (a) An associate judge who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge of that court. (b) The employment of an associate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.005 - Cases That May Be Referred
  (a) Except as provided by this section, a judge of a court may refer to an associate judge any aspect of a suit over which ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.006 - Order Of Referral
  (a) In referring a case to an associate judge, the judge of the referring court shall render: (1) an individual order of referral; or (2) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.007 - Powers Of Associate Judge
  (a) Except as limited by an order of referral, an associate judge may: (1) conduct a hearing; (2) hear evidence; (3) compel production of relevant ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.008 - Attendance Of Bailiff
  A bailiff may attend a hearing by an associate judge if directed by the referring court. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.009 - Court Reporter
  (a) A court reporter may be provided during a hearing held by an associate judge appointed under this chapter. A court reporter is required to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.010 - Witness
  (a) A witness appearing before an associate judge is subject to the penalties for perjury provided by law. (b) A referring court may fine or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.011 - Report
  (a) The associate judge's report may contain the associate judge's findings, conclusions, or recommendations, including a proposed order. The associate judge's report must be in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.012 - Notice Of Right To Appeal
  (a) Notice of the right of appeal to the judge of the referring court shall be given to all parties. (b) The notice may be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.013 - Order Of Court
  (a) Pending appeal of the associate judge's report, including any proposed order, to the referring court, the decisions and recommendations of the associate judge are ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.014 - Judicial Action On Associate Judge's Report
  Unless a party files a written notice of appeal, the referring court may: (1) adopt, modify, or reject the associate judge's report, including any proposed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.015 - Appeal To Referring Court
  (a) A party may appeal an associate judge's report by filing notice of appeal not later than the third day after the date the party ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.016 - Appellate Review
  (a) Failure to appeal to the referring court, by waiver or otherwise, the approval by the referring court of an associate judge's report does not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.017 - Immunity
  An associate judge appointed under this subchapter has the judicial immunity of a district judge. All existing immunity granted an associate judge by law, express ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.018 - Visiting Associate Judge
  (a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is temporarily unable to perform the judge's official duties because of absence or illness, injury, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.101 - Authority Of Presiding Judge
  (a) The presiding judge of each administrative judicial region, after conferring with the judges of courts in the region having jurisdiction of Title IV-D cases, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.102 - Application Of Law Governing Associate Judges
  (a) Subchapter A applies to an associate judge appointed under this subchapter, except that, to the extent of any conflict between this subchapter and Subchapter ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.103 - Designation Of Host County
  (a) The presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions by majority vote shall determine the host county of an associate judge appointed under this subchapter. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.104 - Powers Of Associate Judge
  (a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may refer a complex case back to the judge for final ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.1041 - Judicial Action On Associate Judge's Report
  (a) If an appeal to the referring court is not filed or the right to appeal is waived, a recommendation of the associate judge, other ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.1042 - Appeal To Referring Court
  (a) Except as provided by this section, Section 201.015 applies to an appeal of the associate judge's recommendations. (b) The party appealing an associate judge's ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.105 - Compensation Of Associate Judge
  (a) An associate judge appointed under this subchapter is entitled to a salary to be determined by a majority vote of the presiding judges of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.106 - Child Support Court Monitor And Other Personnel
  (a) The presiding judge of an administrative judicial region or the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, by majority vote, may appoint other personnel, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.1065 - Duties Of Child Support Court Monitor
  (a) A child support court monitor appointed under this subchapter shall monitor child support cases in which the obligor is placed on probation for failure ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.1066 - Supervision Of Associate Judges
  The office of court administration shall assist the presiding judges in: (1) monitoring the associate judges' compliance with job performance standards and federal and state ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.107 - State And Federal Funds
  (a) The office of court administration may contract with the Title IV-D agency for available state and federal funds under Title IV-D and may employ ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.110 - Time For Disposition Of Title Iv-D Cases
  (a) Title IV-D cases must be completed from the time of successful service to the time of disposition within the following time: (1) 75 percent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.111 - Time To Act On Associate Judge's Report That Includes Finding Of Contempt
  (a) Not later than the 10th day after the date an associate judge's report recommending a finding of contempt is filed, the referring court shall: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.112 - Limitation On Law Practice By Certain Associate Judges
  A full-time associate judge appointed under this subchapter may not engage in the private practice of law. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.113 - Visiting Associate Judge
  (a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is temporarily unable to perform the associate judge's official duties because of absence resulting from family ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.201 - Authority Of Presiding Judge
  (a) The presiding judge of each administrative judicial region, after conferring with the judges of courts in the region having family law jurisdiction and a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.202 - Application Of Law Governing Associate Judges
  (a) Except as provided by this subchapter, Subchapter A applies to an associate judge appointed under this subchapter. (b) An associate judge may reside anywhere ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.203 - Designation Of Host County
  (a) Subject to the approval of the commissioners court of the proposed host county, the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions by majority vote ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.204 - General Powers Of Associate Judge
  (a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may refer a complex case back to the referring court for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.2041 - Judicial Action On Associate Judge's Report
  If an appeal to the referring court is not filed or the right to appeal is waived, a recommendation of the associate judge becomes an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.2042 - Appeal To Referring Court
  (a) Except as provided by this section, Section 201.015 applies to an appeal of the associate judge's recommendations. (b) The party appealing an associate judge's ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.205 - Compensation Of Associate Judge
  (a) An associate judge appointed under this subchapter is entitled to a salary as determined by a majority vote of the presiding judges of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.206 - Personnel
  (a) The presiding judge of an administrative judicial region or the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, by majority vote, may appoint personnel as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.2061 - Supervision Of Associate Judges
  The office of court administration shall assist the presiding judges in: (1) monitoring the associate judges' compliance with any applicable job performance standards, uniform practices ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.207 - State And Federal Funds; Personnel
  (a) The office of court administration may contract for available state and federal funds from any source and may employ personnel needed to implement and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.208 - Assignment Of Judges And Appointment Of Visiting Associate Judges
  (a) This chapter does not limit the authority of a presiding judge to assign a judge eligible for assignment under Chapter 74, Government Code, to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 201.209 - Limitation On Law Practice By Associate Judge
  An associate judge appointed under this subchapter may not engage in the private practice of law. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 202.001 - Appointment
  (a) After an order for child support or possession of or access to a child has been rendered, a court may appoint a friend of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 202.002 - Authority And Duties
  (a) A friend of the court may coordinate nonjudicial efforts to improve compliance with a court order relating to child support or possession of or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 202.003 - Duty Of Local Offices And Officials To Report
  A local domestic relations office, a local registry, or a court official designated to receive child support under a court order shall, if ordered by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 202.004 - Access To Information
  A friend of the court may arrange access to child support payment records by electronic means if the records are computerized. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 202.005 - Compensation
  (a) A friend of the court is entitled to compensation for services rendered and for expenses incurred in rendering the services. (b) The court may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 203.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Administering entity" means a commissioners court, juvenile board, or other entity responsible for administering a domestic relations office under this chapter. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 203.002 - Establishment Of Domestic Relations Office
  A commissioners court may establish a domestic relations office. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Renumbered from ...
• Texas Family Code Section 203.003 - Administration
  (a) A domestic relations office shall be administered: (1) as provided by the commissioners court; or (2) if the commissioners court does not otherwise provide ...
• Texas Family Code Section 203.004 - Powers And Duties
  (a) A domestic relations office may: (1) collect and disburse child support payments that are ordered by a court to be paid through a domestic ...
• Texas Family Code Section 203.005 - Fees And Charges
  (a) The administering entity may authorize a domestic relations office to assess and collect: (1) an initial operations fee not to exceed $15 to be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 203.006 - Fund
  (a) As determined by the administering entity, fees collected or received by a domestic relations office shall be deposited in: (1) the general fund for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 203.007 - Access To Records; Offense
  (a) A domestic relations office may obtain the records described by Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) that relate to a person who has: (1) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 204.001 - Applicability
  This chapter applies only to a commissioners court or domestic relations office of a county that did not have the authority to contract with a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 204.002 - Authority To Contract
  A county, acting through its commissioners court or domestic relations office, may contract with a private entity to: (1) enforce, collect, receive, and disburse: (A) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 204.003 - Terms And Conditions Of Contract
  The commissioners court or domestic relations office shall include all appropriate terms and conditions in the contract that it determines are reasonable to secure the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 204.004 - Funding
  (a) To provide or recover the costs of providing services authorized by this chapter, a commissioners court, on its behalf or on behalf of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 204.005 - Cumulative Effect Of Chapter
  A power or duty conferred on a county, county official, or county instrumentality by this chapter is cumulative of the powers and duties created or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.001 - Designation Of Title Iv-D Agency
  The office of the attorney general is designated as the state's Title IV-D agency. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.0011 - Development Of Statewide Integrated System For Child Support And Medical Support Enforcement
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall have final approval authority on any contract or proposal for delivery of Title IV-D services under this section and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.0012 - Child Support Enforcement Management
  The person appointed by the attorney general as the person responsible for managing the Title IV-D agency's child support enforcement duties shall report directly to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.0013 - Dedication Of Funds
  Appropriations made to the Title IV-D agency for child support enforcement may be expended only for the purposes for which the money was appropriated. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.002 - Powers And Duties
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may: (1) accept, transfer, and expend funds, subject to the General Appropriations Act, made available by the federal or state ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.003 - Forms And Procedures
  The Title IV-D agency shall by rule promulgate any forms and procedures necessary to comply fully with the intent of this chapter. Added by Acts ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.005 - Biennial Report Required
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall report to the legislature each biennium on: (1) the effectiveness of the agency's child support enforcement activity in reducing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.006 - Ineligibility To Receive State Grants Or Loans Or Receive Payment On State Contracts
  (a) A child support obligor who is more than 30 days delinquent in paying child support and a business entity in which the obligor is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.007 - Debts To State
  (a) A person obligated to pay child support in a case in which the Title IV-D agency is providing services under this chapter who does ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.008 - Disposition Of Funds
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall deposit money received under assignments or as fees in a special fund in the state treasury. The agency may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.009 - Payment Of Penalties
  From funds appropriated for the Title IV-D agency, the agency shall reimburse the Texas Department of Human Services for any penalty assessed under Title IV-A ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.010 - Cooperation With Department Of Protective And Regulatory Services
  (a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. (b) To the extent possible, the Title IV-D agency shall: (1) provide ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.011 - Interagency Work Group
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall convene a standing work group to develop and maintain an interagency partnership strategy. The director of the Title IV-D ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.012 - County Advisory Work Group
  (a) The director of the Title IV-D agency shall establish a county advisory work group to assist the Title IV-D agency in developing and changing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.013 - Information Resources Steering Committee
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall create an information resources steering committee to: (1) oversee information resource project development for the Title IV-D agency; (2) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.014 - Personnel
  The director of the Title IV-D agency shall provide to the employees of the Title IV-D agency, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.015 - Insurance Reporting Pilot Program
  (a) In consultation with the Texas Department of Insurance and representatives of the insurance industry in this state, including insurance trade associations, the Title IV-D ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.101 - Title Iv-D Child Support Services
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may provide all services required or authorized to be provided by Part D of Title IV of the federal Social ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.102 - Eligibility For Child Support Services
  The Title IV-D agency on application or as otherwise authorized by law may provide services for the benefit of a child without regard to whether ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.103 - Application And Service Fees
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may: (1) charge a reasonable application fee; (2) charge a $25 annual service fee; and (3) to the extent permitted ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.104 - Assignment Of Right To Support
  (a) To the extent authorized by federal law, the approval of an application for or the receipt of financial assistance as provided by Chapter 31, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.105 - Notice Of Change Of Payee
  (a) Child support payments for the benefit of a child whose support rights have been assigned to the Title IV-D agency under Section 231.104 shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.106 - Notice Of Termination Of Assignment
  (a) On termination of support rights to the Title IV-D agency, the Title IV-D agency shall, after providing notice to the obligee and the obligor, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.107 - Certificate Of Assignment Or Of Termination Of Assignment
  If an abstract of judgment or a child support lien on support amounts assigned to the Title IV-D agency under this chapter has previously been ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.108 - Confidentiality Of Records And Privileged Communications
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), all files and records of services provided under this chapter, including information concerning a custodial parent, noncustodial parent, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.109 - Attorneys Representing State
  (a) Attorneys employed by the Title IV-D agency may represent this state or another state in an action brought under the authority of federal law ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.110 - Authorization Of Service
  The provision of services by the Title IV-D agency under this chapter or Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.111 - Disqualification Of Agency
  A court shall not disqualify the Title IV-D agency in a legal action filed under this chapter or Part D of Title IV of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.112 - Information On Paternity Establishment
  On notification by the state registrar under Section 192.005(d), Health and Safety Code, that the items relating to the child's father are not completed on ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.113 - Enforcement Of Support Obligations In Public Assistance Cases
  To the extent possible, the Title IV-D agency shall enforce a child support obligation in a case involving a child who receives financial assistance under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.114 - Reports Of Child Support Payments To Consumer Reporting Agencies
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall make information available in accordance with this section to a consumer reporting agency regarding the amount of child support ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.115 - Noncooperation By Recipient Of Public Assistance
  (a) The failure by a person who is a recipient of public assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to provide accurate information as required ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.116 - Information On Internet
  The Title IV-D agency shall place on the Internet for public access child support information to assist the public in child support matters, including application ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.1165 - Information On Service Of Citation
  The Title IV-D agency shall update the agency's child support automated system to inform the parties in a suit of the service of citation in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.117 - Unemployed And Underemployed Obligors
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall refer to appropriate state and local entities that provide employment services any unemployed or underemployed obligor who is in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.118 - Service Of Citation
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may contract with private process servers to serve a citation, a subpoena, an order, or any other document required or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.119 - Ombudsman Program
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall establish an ombudsman program to process and track complaints against the Title IV-D agency. The director of the Title ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.120 - Toll-Free Telephone Number For Employers
  The Title IV-D agency shall maintain a toll-free telephone number at which personnel are available during normal business hours to answer questions from employers responsible ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.121 - Availability Of Brochures
  The Title IV-D agency shall ensure that all Title IV-D brochures published by the agency are available to the public at courthouses where family law ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.122 - Cooperation With Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Programs
  Text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 925, § 1 (a) In order to maximize the amount of any tax ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.201 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Federal share" means the portion of allowable expenses for fees and other costs that will be reimbursed by the federal government ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.202 - Authorized Costs And Fees In Title Iv-D Cases
  In a Title IV-D case filed under this title, the Title IV-D agency shall pay: (1) filing fees and fees for issuance and service of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.2025 - Contingency Fees
  The Title IV-D agency may pay a contingency fee in a contract or agreement between the agency and a private agency or individual authorized under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.203 - State Exemption From Bond Not Affected
  This subchapter does not affect, nor is this subchapter affected by, the exemption from bond provided by Section 6.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.204 - Prohibited Fees In Title Iv-D Cases
  Except as provided by this subchapter, an appellate court, a clerk of an appellate court, a district or county clerk, sheriff, constable, or other government ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.205 - Limitations On Liability Of Attorney General For Authorized Fees And Costs
  (a) The Title IV-D agency is liable for a fee or cost under this subchapter only to the extent that an express, specific appropriation is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.206 - Restriction On Fees For Child Support Or Registry Services In Title Iv-D Cases
  A district clerk, a county child support registry or enforcement office, or a domestic relations office may not assess or collect fees for processing child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.207 - Method Of Billing For Allowable Fees
  (a) To be entitled to reimbursement under this subchapter, the clerk of the court, sheriff, or constable must submit one monthly billing to the Title ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.208 - Agreements For Reimbursement In Lieu Of Fees
  (a) The Title IV-D agency and a qualified county may enter into a written agreement under which reimbursement for salaries and certain other actual costs ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.209 - Payment For Services Not Affected By This Subchapter
  Without regard to this subchapter and specifically Section 231.205, the Title IV-D agency may pay the costs for: (1) the services of an official court ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.210 - Authority To Pay Litigation Expenses
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may pay all fees, expenses, costs, and bills necessary to secure evidence and to take the testimony of a witness, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.211 - Award Of Cost Against Nonprevailing Party In Title Iv-D Case
  (a) At the conclusion of a Title IV-D case, the court may assess attorney's fees and all court costs as authorized by law against the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.301 - Title Iv-D Parent Locator Services
  (a) The parent locator service conducted by the Title IV-D agency shall be used to obtain information for: (1) child support establishment and enforcement purposes ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.302 - Information To Assist In Location Of Persons Or Property
  (a) The Title IV-D agency of this or another state may request and obtain information relating to the identity, location, employment, compensation, benefits, income, and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.303 - Title Iv-D Administrative Subpoena
  (a) The Title IV-D agency of this state or another state may issue an administrative subpoena to any individual or private or public entity in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.305 - Memorandum Of Understanding On Child Support For Children Receiving Public Assistance
  (a) The Title IV-D agency and the Texas Department of Human Services by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding governing the establishment and enforcement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.306 - Maximizing Medical Support Establishment And Collection By The Title Iv-D Agency
  (a) On the installation of an automated child support enforcement system, the Title IV-D agency is strongly encouraged to: (1) maximize the collection of medical ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.307 - Financial Institution Data Matches
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall develop a system meeting the requirements of federal law (42 U.S.C. Sections 666(a)(4) and (17)) for the exchange of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.308 - Public Identification Of Certain Obligors
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall develop a program to identify publicly certain child support obligors who are delinquent in the payment of child support. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.309 - Rewards For Information
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may offer a reward to an individual who provides information to the agency that leads to the collection of child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 231.310 - Interagency Work Group
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall establish a work group to facilitate the sharing of data and resources to locate parents and relatives of children ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authorization that: (A) is issued by a licensing authority; (B) is subject ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.002 - Licensing Authorities Subject To Chapter
  The following are licensing authorities subject to this chapter: (1) Department of Agriculture; (2) Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; (3) Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.0021 - Application Of Chapter To Texas Lottery Commission
  With respect to the Texas Lottery Commission, this chapter applies only to a lottery ticket sales agent license issued under Chapter 466, Government Code. Added ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.003 - Suspension Of License
  (a) A court or the Title IV-D agency may issue an order suspending a license as provided by this chapter if an individual who is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.004 - Petition For Suspension Of License
  (a) A child support agency or obligee may file a petition to suspend, as provided by this chapter, a license of an obligor who has ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.005 - Contents Of Petition
  (a) A petition under this chapter must state that license suspension is required under Section 232.003 and allege: (1) the name and, if known, social ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.006 - Notice
  (a) On the filing of a petition under Section 232.004, the clerk of the court or the Title IV-D agency shall deliver to the individual: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.007 - Hearing On Petition To Suspend License
  (a) A request for a hearing and motion to stay suspension must be filed with the court or Title IV-D agency by the individual not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.008 - Order Suspending License For Failure To Pay Child Support
  (a) On making the findings required by Section 232.003, the court or Title IV-D agency shall render an order suspending the license unless the individual: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.009 - Default Order
  The court or Title IV-D agency shall consider the allegations of the petition for suspension to be admitted and shall render an order suspending the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.010 - Review Of Final Administrative Order
  An order issued by a Title IV-D agency under this chapter is a final agency decision and is subject to review under the substantial evidence ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.011 - Action By Licensing Authority
  (a) On receipt of a final order suspending license, the licensing authority shall immediately determine if the authority has issued a license to the individual ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.012 - Motion To Revoke Stay
  (a) The obligee, support enforcement agency, court, or Title IV-D agency may file a motion to revoke the stay of an order suspending license if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.013 - Vacating Or Staying Order Suspending License
  (a) The court or Title IV-D agency may render an order vacating or staying an order suspending an individual's license if: (1) the individual has: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.014 - Fee By Licensing Authority
  A licensing authority may charge a fee to an individual who is the subject of an order suspending license in an amount sufficient to recover ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.015 - Cooperation Between Licensing Authorities And Title Iv-D Agency
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may request from each licensing authority the name, address, social security number, license renewal date, and other identifying information for ...
• Texas Family Code Section 232.016 - Rules, Forms, And Procedures
  The Title IV-D agency by rule shall prescribe forms and procedures for the implementation of this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.001 - Purpose
  (a) The purpose of the procedures specified in the child support review process authorized by this chapter is to enable the Title IV-D agency to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.002 - Agreements Encouraged
  To the extent permitted by this chapter, the Title IV-D agency shall encourage agreement of the parties. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.003 - Bilingual Forms Required
  A notice or other form used to implement administrative procedures under this chapter shall be printed in both Spanish and English. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.004 - Interpreter Required
  If a party participating in an administrative proceeding under this chapter does not speak English or is hearing impaired, the Title IV-D agency shall provide ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.005 - Initiating Administrative Actions
  An administrative action under this chapter may be initiated by issuing a notice of child support review under Section 233.006 or a notice of proposed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.006 - Contents Of Notice Of Child Support Review
  (a) The notice of child support review issued by the Title IV-D agency must: (1) describe the procedure for a child support review, including the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.007 - Service Of Notice
  (a) A notice required in an administrative action under this chapter may be delivered by personal service or first class mail on each party entitled ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.008 - Administrative Subpoena In Child Support Review
  In a child support review under this chapter, the Title IV-D agency may issue an administrative subpoena authorized under Chapter 231 to any individual or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.009 - Notice Of Proposed Child Support Review Order; Negotiation Conference
  (a) After an investigation and assessment of financial resources, the Title IV-D agency may serve on the parties a notice of proposed child support review ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.0095 - Notice Of Proposed Child Support Review Order In Cases Of Acknowledged Paternity
  (a) If an individual has signed the acknowledgment of paternity as the father of the child or executed a statement of paternity, the Title IV-D ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.010 - Notice Of Negotiation Conference; Failure To Attend Conference
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall notify all parties entitled to notice of the negotiation conference of the date, time, and place of the conference ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.011 - Rescheduling Negotiation Conference; Notice Required
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may reschedule or adjourn a negotiation conference on the request of any party. (b) The Title IV-D agency shall give ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.012 - Information Required To Be Provided At Negotiation Conference
  At the beginning of the negotiation conference, the child support review officer shall review with the parties participating in the conference information provided in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.013 - Determining Support Amount; Modification
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may use any information obtained by the agency from the parties or any other source and shall apply the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.014 - Record Of Proceedings
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, documentary evidence relied on by the child support review officer, including an affidavit of a party, together with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.015 - Issuance Of Child Support Review Order Or Finding That No Order Should Be Issued; Effect
  (a) If a negotiation conference does not result in agreement by all parties to the child support review order, the Title IV-D agency shall render ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.016 - Vacating Child Support Review Order
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may vacate a child support review order at any time before the order is filed with the court. (b) A ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.017 - Contents Of Child Support Review Order
  (a) An order issued under this chapter must be reviewed and signed by an attorney of the Title IV-D agency and must contain all provisions ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.018 - Additional Contents Of Agreed Child Support Review Order
  (a) If a negotiation conference results in an agreement of the parties, each party must sign the child support review order and the order must ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.019 - Filing Of Agreed Review Order
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall file an agreed child support review order and a waiver of service signed by the parties with the clerk ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.020 - Contents Of Petition For Confirmation Of Nonagreed Order
  (a) A petition for confirmation of a child support review order not agreed to by the parties: (1) must include the final review order as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.021 - Duties Of Clerk Of Court
  (a) On the filing of an agreed child support review order or of a petition for confirmation of a nonagreed order issued by the Title ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.022 - Form To Request A Court Hearing On Nonagreed Order
  (a) A court shall consider any responsive pleading that is intended as an objection to confirmation of a child support review order not agreed to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.023 - Time To Request A Court Hearing
  A party may file a request for a court hearing not later than the 20th day after the date the petition for confirmation of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.024 - Confirmation Of Agreed Order
  (a) On the filing of an agreed child support review order signed by all parties, together with waiver of service, the court shall sign the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.025 - Effect Of Request For Hearing On Nonagreed Order; Pleading
  (a) A request for hearing or an order setting a hearing on confirmation of a nonagreed child support review order stays confirmation of the order ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.026 - Time For Court Hearing
  (a) When a timely request for a court hearing has been filed as provided by Section 233.023, the court shall hold a hearing on the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.027 - Order After Hearing; Effect Of Confirmation Order
  (a) After the hearing on the confirmation of a nonagreed child support review order, the court shall: (1) if the court finds that the order ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.0271 - Confirmation Of Nonagreed Order Without Hearing
  (a) If a request for hearing has not been timely received, the court shall confirm and sign a nonagreed child support review order not later ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.028 - Special Child Support Review Procedures Relating To Establishment Of Parentage
  (a) If the parentage of a child has not been established, the notice of child support review delivered to the parties must include an allegation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 233.029 - Administrative Procedure Law Not Applicable
  The child support review process under this chapter is not governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.001 - Establishment And Operation Of State Case Registry And State Disbursement Unit
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall establish and operate a state case registry and state disbursement unit meeting the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Sections 654a(e) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.002 - Integrated System For Child Support And Medical Support Enforcement
  The statewide integrated system for child support and medical support enforcement under Chapter 231 shall be part of the state case registry and state disbursement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.004 - Contracts And Cooperative Agreements
  (a) The Title IV-D agency may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements as necessary to establish and operate the state case registry and state disbursement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.006 - Effective Date And Procedures
  The Title IV-D agency, in cooperation with the work group established under Section 234.003, may adopt rules in compliance with federal law for the operation ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.007 - Notice Of Place Of Payment
  (a) The Title IV-D agency shall notify the courts that the state disbursement unit has been established. After receiving notice of the establishment of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.008 - Deposit, Distribution, And Issuance Of Payments
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), not later than the second business day after the date the state disbursement unit receives a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.009 - Official Child Support Payment Record
  (a) The record of child support payments maintained by a local registry is the official record of a payment received directly by the local registry. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.0091 - Administrative Review Of Child Support Payment Record
  (a) On request, the state disbursement unit shall provide to an obligor or obligee a copy of the record of child support payments maintained by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.010 - Direct Deposit Of Child Support Payments
  (a) The state disbursement unit authorized under this chapter may transmit a child support payment to an obligee by electronic funds transfer if the obligee ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.011 - Use Of Electronic Benefits Transfer For Child Support Payments
  The Title IV-D agency, in coordination with the Texas Department of Human Services and the comptroller of public accounts, shall study the use of an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Employee" means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of Chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.102 - Operation Of New Hire Directory
  In cooperation with the Texas Workforce Commission, the Title IV-D agency shall develop and operate a state directory to which employers in the state shall ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.103 - Contracts And Cooperative Agreements
  The Title IV-D agency may enter into cooperative agreements and contracts as necessary to create and operate the directory authorized under this subchapter. Added by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 234.104 - Procedures
  The Title IV-D agency by rule shall establish procedures for reporting employee information and for operating a state directory of new hires meeting the requirements ...
• Texas Family Code Section 235.001 - Request For Information
  (a) The state case registry shall provide information under this chapter on the written request of a custodial parent whose case: (1) is included in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 235.002 - Request To Include Case In Registry
  The case of a custodial parent whose case would otherwise not be included in the state case registry under 42 U.S.C. Section 654a may be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 235.003 - Application For Services Not Required
  The Title IV-D agency may not require an application for services as a condition for: (1) releasing information under Section 235.001; or (2) including a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 235.004 - Fees
  (a) The state case registry may charge a fee for: (1) including in the registry a child support case entered in the registry under Section ...
• Texas Family Code Section 236.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "council" means the State Council on Competitive Government. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 236.002 - Powers And Duties Of Council
  (a) The council shall: (1) establish an initiative called "Kids Can't Wait" to increase child support enforcement; (2) identify child support enforcement functions performed by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 236.003 - Child Support Collection Agreement
  The Title IV-D agency or a contractor awarded a contract under this chapter to collect child support may enter into an agreement with a person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions by a person: (A) mental or emotional injury to a child that results in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.002 - Central Registry
  (a) The department shall establish and maintain in Austin a central registry of reported cases of child abuse or neglect. (b) The department may adopt ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.003 - Application To Students In School For Deaf Or School For Blind And Visually Impaired
  This chapter applies to the investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of a student, without regard to the age of the student, in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.004 - Statistics Of Abuse And Neglect Of Children
  (a) The department shall prepare and disseminate statistics by county relating to the department's activities under this subtitle and include the information specified in Subsection ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.101 - Persons Required To Report; Time To Report
  (a) A person having cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare has been adversely affected by abuse or neglect by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.102 - Matters To Be Reported
  A report should reflect the reporter's belief that a child has been or may be abused or neglected or has died of abuse or neglect. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.103 - Report Made To Appropriate Agency
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c) and Section 261.405, a report shall be made to: (1) any local or state law enforcement ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.104 - Contents Of Report
  The person making a report shall identify, if known: (1) the name and address of the child; (2) the name and address of the person ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.105 - Referral Of Report By Department Or Law Enforcement
  (a) All reports received by a local or state law enforcement agency that allege abuse or neglect by a person responsible for a child's care, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.1055 - Notification Of District Attorneys
  (a) A district attorney may inform the department or designated agency that the district attorney wishes to receive notification of some or all reports of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.106 - Immunities
  (a) A person acting in good faith who reports or assists in the investigation of a report of alleged child abuse or neglect or who ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.107 - False Report; Criminal Penalty; Civil Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to deceive, the person knowingly makes a report as provided in this chapter that is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.108 - Frivolous Claims Against Person Reporting
  (a) In this section: (1) "Claim" means an action or claim by a party, including a plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross-claimant, or third-party plaintiff, requesting recovery of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.109 - Failure To Report; Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person has cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare has been or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.110 - Employer Retaliation Prohibited
  (a) In this section, "professional" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.101(b). (b) An employer may not suspend or terminate the employment of, or otherwise ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.111 - Refusal Of Psychiatric Or Psychological Treatment Of Child
  (a) In this section, "psychotropic drug" means a substance that is: (1) used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.201 - Confidentiality And Disclosure Of Information
  (a) The following information is confidential, is not subject to public release under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may be disclosed only for purposes consistent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.202 - Privileged Communication
  In a proceeding regarding the abuse or neglect of a child, evidence may not be excluded on the ground of privileged communication except in the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.301 - Investigation Of Report
  (a) With assistance from the appropriate state or local law enforcement agency as provided by this section, the department or designated agency shall make a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3011 - Joint Investigation Guidelines And Training
  (a) The department shall, in consultation with the appropriate law enforcement agencies, develop guidelines and protocols for joint investigations by the department and the law ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3012 - Completion Of Paperwork
  An employee of the department who responds to a report that is assigned the highest priority in accordance with department rules adopted under Section 261.301(d) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3015 - Flexible Response System
  (a) In assigning priorities and prescribing investigative procedures based on the severity and immediacy of the alleged harm to a child under Section 261.301(d), the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3016 - Training Of Personnel Receiving Reports Of Abuse And Neglect
  The department shall develop, in cooperation with local law enforcement officials and the Commission on State Emergency Communications, a training program for department personnel who ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.302 - Conduct Of Investigation
  (a) The investigation may include: (1) a visit to the child's home, unless the alleged abuse or neglect can be confirmed or clearly ruled out ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3021 - Casework Documentation And Management
  Subject to the appropriation of money for these purposes, the department shall: (1) identify critical investigation actions that impact child safety and require department caseworkers ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3022 - Child Safety Check Alert List
  (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall create a child safety check alert list ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3023 - Law Enforcement Response To Child Safety Check Alert
  (a) If a law enforcement officer encounters a person listed on the Texas Crime Information Center's child safety check alert list who is alleged to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3024 - Removal From Child Safety Check Alert List
  (a) A law enforcement officer who locates a child listed on the Texas Crime Information Center's child safety check alert list who is the subject ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.303 - Interference With Investigation; Court Order
  (a) A person may not interfere with an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect conducted by the department or designated agency. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3031 - Failure To Cooperate With Investigation; Department Response
  If a parent or other person refuses to cooperate with the department's investigation of the alleged abuse or neglect of a child and the refusal ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3032 - Interference With Investigation; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to interfere with the department's investigation of a report of abuse or neglect of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.304 - Investigation Of Anonymous Report
  (a) If the department receives an anonymous report of child abuse or neglect by a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.305 - Access To Mental Health Records
  (a) An investigation may include an inquiry into the possibility that a parent or a person responsible for the care of a child who is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.306 - Removal Of Child From State
  (a) If the department or designated agency has reason to believe that a person responsible for the care, custody, or welfare of the child may ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.307 - Information Relating To Investigation Procedure
  (a) As soon as possible after initiating an investigation of a parent or other person having legal custody of a child, the department shall provide ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3071 - Informational Manuals
  (a) In this section, "relative caregiver" and "designated caregiver" have the meanings assigned those terms by Section 264.751. (b) The department shall develop and publish ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.308 - Submission Of Investigation Report
  (a) The department or designated agency shall make a complete written report of the investigation. (b) If sufficient grounds for filing a suit exist, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.309 - Review Of Department Investigations
  (a) The department shall by rule establish policies and procedures to resolve complaints relating to and conduct reviews of child abuse or neglect investigations conducted ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.310 - Investigation Standards
  (a) The department shall by rule develop and adopt standards for persons who investigate suspected child abuse or neglect at the state or local level. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3101 - Forensic Investigation Support
  The department shall, subject to the availability of money: (1) employ or contract with medical and law enforcement professionals who shall be strategically placed throughout ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.311 - Notice Of Report
  (a) When during an investigation of a report of suspected child abuse or neglect a representative of the department or the designated agency conducts an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.312 - Review Teams; Offense
  (a) The department shall establish review teams to evaluate department casework and decision-making related to investigations by the department of child abuse or neglect. The ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3125 - Child Safety Specialists
  (a) The department shall employ in each of the department's administrative regions at least one child safety specialist. The job responsibilities of the child safety ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.3126 - Colocation Of Investigators
  (a) In each county, to the extent possible, the department and the local law enforcement agencies that investigate child abuse in the county shall colocate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.314 - Testing
  (a) The department shall provide testing as necessary for the welfare of a child who the department believes, after an investigation under this chapter, has ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.315 - Removal Of Certain Investigation Information From Records
  (a) At the conclusion of an investigation in which the department determines that the person alleged to have abused or neglected a child did not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.316 - Exemption From Fees For Medical Records
  The department is exempt from the payment of a fee otherwise required or authorized by law to obtain a medical record from a hospital or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.401 - Agency Investigation
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 261.001, in this section: (1) "Abuse" means an intentional, knowing, or reckless act or omission by an employee, volunteer, or other individual ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.402 - Investigative Reports
  (a) A state agency shall prepare and keep on file a complete written report of each investigation conducted by the agency under this subchapter. (b) ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.403 - Complaints
  (a) If a state agency receives a complaint relating to an investigation conducted by the agency concerning a facility operated by that agency in which ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.404 - Investigations In Facilities Under Department Of Mental Health And Mental Retardation
  (a) The department shall investigate a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child receiving services: (1) in a facility operated by the Texas ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.405 - Investigations In Juvenile Justice Programs And Facilities
  (a) In this section: (1) "Juvenile justice facility" means a facility operated wholly or partly by the juvenile board or by a private vendor under ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.406 - Investigations In Schools
  (a) On receipt of a report of alleged or suspected abuse or neglect of a child in a public or private school under the jurisdiction ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.407 - Minimum Standards
  (a) The Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall adopt minimum standards for the investigation under Section 261.401 of suspected child abuse, neglect, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.408 - Information Collection
  (a) The Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall adopt uniform procedures for collecting information under Section 261.401, including procedures for collecting information on ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.409 - Investigations In Facilities Under Texas Youth Commission Jurisdiction
  The board of the Texas Youth Commission by rule shall adopt standards for: (1) the investigation under Section 261.401 of suspected child abuse, neglect, or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 261.410 - Report Of Abuse By Other Children
  (a) In this section: (1) "Physical abuse" means: (A) physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child requiring emergency medical treatment and excluding ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.001 - Authorized Actions By Governmental Entity
  (a) A governmental entity with an interest in the child may file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship requesting an order or take possession of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.002 - Jurisdiction
  A suit brought by a governmental entity requesting an order under this chapter may be filed in a court with jurisdiction to hear the suit ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.003 - Civil Liability
  A person who takes possession of a child without a court order is immune from civil liability if, at the time possession is taken, there ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.004 - Accepting Voluntary Delivery Of Possession Of Child
  A law enforcement officer or a juvenile probation officer may take possession of a child without a court order on the voluntary delivery of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.005 - Filing Petition After Accepting Voluntary Delivery Of Possession Of Child
  When possession of the child has been acquired through voluntary delivery of the child to a law enforcement officer or juvenile probation officer, the law ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.006 - Living Child After Abortion
  (a) An authorized representative of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services may assume the care, control, and custody of a child born alive as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.007 - Possession And Delivery Of Missing Child
  (a) A law enforcement officer who, during a criminal investigation relating to a child's custody, discovers that a child is a missing child and believes ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.008 - Abandoned Children
  (a) An authorized representative of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services may assume the care, control, and custody of a child: (1) who is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.009 - Temporary Care Of Child Taken Into Possession
  An employee of or volunteer with a law enforcement agency who successfully completes a background and criminal history check approved by the law enforcement agency ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.101 - Filing Petition Before Taking Possession Of Child
  An original suit filed by a governmental entity that requests permission to take possession of a child without prior notice and a hearing must be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.1015 - Removal Of Alleged Perpetrator; Offense
  (a) If the department determines after an investigation that child abuse has occurred and that the child would be protected in the child's home by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.102 - Emergency Order Authorizing Possession Of Child
  (a) Before a court may, without prior notice and a hearing, issue a temporary restraining order or attachment of a child in a suit brought ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.103 - Duration Of Temporary Restraining Order And Attachment
  A temporary restraining order or attachment of the child issued under this chapter expires not later than 14 days after the date it is issued ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.104 - Taking Possession Of A Child In Emergency Without A Court Order
  (a) If there is no time to obtain a temporary restraining order or attachment before taking possession of a child consistent with the health and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.1041 - Release Of Child By Law Enforcement Or Juvenile Probation Officer
  (a) A law enforcement or juvenile probation officer who takes possession of a child under this chapter may release the child to: (1) a child-placing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.105 - Filing Petition After Taking Possession Of Child In Emergency
  (a) When a child is taken into possession without a court order, the person taking the child into possession, without unnecessary delay, shall: (1) file ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.106 - Initial Hearing After Taking Possession Of Child In Emergency Without Court Order
  (a) The court in which a suit has been filed after a child has been taken into possession without a court order by a governmental ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.107 - Standard For Decision At Initial Hearing After Taking Possession Of Child Without A Court Order In Emergency
  (a) The court shall order the return of the child at the initial hearing regarding a child taken in possession without a court order by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.108 - Unacceptable Facilities For Housing Child
  When a child is taken into possession under this chapter, that child may not be held in isolation or in a jail, juvenile detention facility, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.109 - Notice To Parent, Conservator, Or Guardian
  (a) The department or other agency must give written notice as prescribed by this section to each parent of the child or to the child's ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.110 - Taking Possession Of Child In Emergency With Intent To Return Home
  (a) An authorized representative of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, a law enforcement officer, or a juvenile probation officer may take temporary possession ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.112 - Expedited Hearing And Appeal
  (a) The Department of Protective and Regulatory Services is entitled to an expedited hearing under this chapter in any proceeding in which a hearing is ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.113 - Filing Suit Without Taking Possession Of Child
  An original suit filed by a governmental entity that requests to take possession of a child after notice and a hearing must be supported by ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.114 - Evaluation Of Identified Relatives And Other Designated Individuals; Placement
  (a) Before a full adversary hearing under Subchapter C, the Department of Family and Protective Services must perform a background and criminal history check of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.201 - Full Adversary Hearing; Findings Of The Court
  (a) Unless the child has already been returned to the parent, managing conservator, possessory conservator, guardian, caretaker, or custodian entitled to possession and the temporary ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.2015 - Aggravated Circumstances
  (a) The court may waive the requirement of a service plan and the requirement to make reasonable efforts to return the child to a parent ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.202 - Identification Of Court Of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
  If at the conclusion of the full adversary hearing the court renders a temporary order, the governmental entity shall request identification of a court of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.203 - Transfer Of Suit
  (a) On the motion of a party or the court's own motion, if applicable, the court that rendered the temporary order shall in accordance with ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.204 - Temporary Order In Effect Until Superseded
  (a) A temporary order rendered under this chapter is valid and enforceable until properly superseded by a court with jurisdiction to do so. (b) A ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.205 - Hearing When Child Not In Possession Of Governmental Entity
  (a) In a suit requesting possession of a child after notice and hearing, the court may render a temporary restraining order as provided by Section ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.301 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Designated emergency infant care provider" means: (A) an emergency medical services provider; (B) a hospital; or (C) a child-placing agency licensed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.302 - Accepting Possession Of Certain Abandoned Children
  (a) A designated emergency infant care provider shall, without a court order, take possession of a child who appears to be 60 days old or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.303 - Notification Of Possession Of Abandoned Child
  (a) Not later than the close of the first business day after the date on which a designated emergency infant care provider takes possession of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.304 - Filing Petition After Accepting Possession Of Abandoned Child
  A child for whom the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services assumes care, control, and custody under Section 262.303 shall be treated as a child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.305 - Report To Law Enforcement Agency; Investigation
  (a) Immediately after assuming care, control, and custody of a child under Section 262.303, the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall report the child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.306 - Notice
  Each designated emergency infant care provider shall post in a conspicuous location a notice stating that the provider is a designated emergency infant care provider ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.307 - Reimbursement For Care Of Abandoned Child
  The department shall reimburse a designated emergency infant care provider that takes possession of a child under Section 262.302 for the cost to the provider ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.308 - Confidentiality
  (a) All identifying information, documentation, or other records regarding a person who voluntarily delivers a child to a designated emergency infant care provider under this ...
• Texas Family Code Section 262.309 - Search For Relatives Not Required
  The Department of Family and Protective Services is not required to conduct a search for the relatives of a child for whom the department assumes ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.001 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services. (2) "Child's home" means the place of residence of at least ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.002 - Review Of Placements By Court
  In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which the department or an authorized agency has been appointed by the court or designated in an ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.005 - Enforcement Of Family Service Plan
  The department shall designate existing department personnel to ensure that the parties to a family service plan comply with the plan. Added by Acts 1995, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.006 - Warning To Parents
  At the status hearing under Subchapter C and at each permanency hearing under Subchapter D held after the court has rendered a temporary order appointing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.101 - Department To File Service Plan
  Not later than the 45th day after the date the court renders a temporary order appointing the department as temporary managing conservator of a child ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.1015 - Service Plan Not Required
  A service plan is not required under this subchapter in a suit brought by the department for the termination of the parent-child relationship for a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.102 - Service Plan; Contents
  (a) The service plan must: (1) be specific; (2) be in writing in a language that the parents understand, or made otherwise available; (3) be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.103 - Service Plan: Signing And Taking Effect
  (a) Before the service plan is signed, the child's parents and the representative of the department or other agency shall discuss each term and condition ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.104 - Amended Service Plan
  (a) The service plan may be amended at any time. (b) The amended service plan supersedes the previously filed service plan and takes effect when: ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.105 - Review Of Service Plan
  (a) The service plan currently in effect shall be filed with the court. (b) The court shall review the plan at the next required hearing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.106 - Court Implementation Of Service Plan
  The court may render appropriate orders to implement or require compliance with an original or amended service plan. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.201 - Status Hearing; Time
  (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the court renders a temporary order appointing the department as temporary managing conservator of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.202 - Status Hearing; Findings
  (a) If all parties entitled to citation and notice under this chapter were not served, the court shall make findings as to whether: (1) the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.301 - Notice
  (a) Notice of a permanency hearing shall be given as provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, to all persons entitled to notice ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.302 - Child's Attendance At Hearing
  The child shall attend each permanency hearing unless the court specifically excuses the child's attendance. Failure by the child to attend a hearing does not ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.3025 - Permanency Plan
  (a) The department shall prepare a permanency plan for a child for whom the department has been appointed temporary managing conservator. The department shall give ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.303 - Permanency Progress Report
  (a) Not later than the 10th day before the date set for each permanency hearing other than the first permanency hearing, the department or other ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.304 - Initial Permanency Hearing; Time
  (a) Not later than the 180th day after the date the court renders a temporary order appointing the department as temporary managing conservator of a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.305 - Subsequent Permanency Hearings
  A subsequent permanency hearing before entry of a final order shall be held not later than the 120th day after the date of the last ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.306 - Permanency Hearings: Procedure
  (a) At each permanency hearing the court shall: (1) identify all persons or parties present at the hearing or those given notice but failing to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.307 - Factors In Determining Best Interest Of Child
  (a) In considering the factors established by this section, the prompt and permanent placement of the child in a safe environment is presumed to be ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.401 - Dismissal After One Year; Extension
  (a) Unless the court has rendered a final order or granted an extension under Subsection (b), on the first Monday after the first anniversary of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.402 - Limit On Extension; Waiver
  (a) The parties to a suit under this chapter may not extend the deadlines set by the court under this subchapter by agreement or otherwise. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.403 - Monitored Return Of Child To Parent
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 263.401, the court may retain jurisdiction and not dismiss the suit or render a final order as required by that section if ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.404 - Final Order Appointing Department As Managing Conservator Without Terminating Parental Rights
  (a) The court may render a final order appointing the department as managing conservator of the child without terminating the rights of the parent of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.405 - Appeal Of Final Order
  (a) An appeal of a final order rendered under this subchapter is governed by the rules of the supreme court for accelerated appeals in civil ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.406 - Court Information System
  The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall consult with the courts presiding over cases brought by the department for the protection ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.407 - Final Order Appointing Department As Managing Conservator Of Certain Abandoned Children; Termination Of Parental Rights
  (a) There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent who delivers a child to a designated emergency infant care provider in accordance with Subchapter D, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.501 - Placement Review After Final Order
  (a) If the department has been named as a child's managing conservator in a final order that does not include termination of parental rights, the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.502 - Placement Review Report
  (a) Not later than the 10th day before the date set for a placement review hearing, the department or other authorized agency shall file a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 263.503 - Placement Review Hearings; Procedure
  At each placement review hearing, the court shall determine whether: (1) the child's current placement is necessary, safe, and appropriate for meeting the child's needs, ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services. (2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (3) "Executive commissioner" ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.002 - Duties Of Department
  (a) The department shall: (1) promote the enforcement of all laws for the protection of abused and neglected children; and (2) take the initiative in ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.004 - Allocation Of State Funds
  (a) The department shall establish a method of allocating state funds for children's protective services programs that encourages and rewards the contribution of funds or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.005 - County Child Welfare Boards
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may appoint a child welfare board for the county. The commissioners court and the department shall determine the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.006 - County Funds
  The commissioners court of a county may appropriate funds from its general fund or any other fund for the administration of its county child welfare ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.007 - Cooperation With Department Of Health And Human Services
  The department is the state agency designated to cooperate with the United States Department of Health and Human Services in: (1) establishing, extending, and strengthening ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.008 - Child Welfare Service Fund
  The child welfare service fund is a special fund in the state treasury. The fund shall be used to administer the child welfare services provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.009 - Legal Representation Of Department
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), (c), or (f), in any action under this code, the department shall be represented in court by the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.0091 - Use Of Teleconferencing And Videoconferencing Technology
  Subject to the availability of funds, the department, in cooperation with district and county courts, shall expand the use of teleconferencing and videoconferencing to facilitate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.010 - Child Abuse Plan; Limitation On Expenditure Of Funds
  (a) Funds appropriated for protective services, child and family services, and the purchased service system for the department may only be spent on or after ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.011 - Local Accounts
  (a) The department may establish and maintain local bank or savings accounts for a child who is under the managing conservatorship of the department as ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.0111 - Money Earned By Child
  (a) A child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator and who has been placed by the department in a foster home or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.012 - Burial Expenses For Child In Foster Care
  (a) The department shall request that the parents pay reasonable and necessary burial expenses for a child for whom the department has been appointed managing ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.013 - Exchange Of Information With Other States
  Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall enter into agreements with other states to allow for the exchange of information relating to a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.101 - Foster Care Payments
  (a) The department may pay the cost of foster care for a child: (1) for whom the department has initiated a suit and has been ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.1015 - Liability Of Child's Estate For Foster Care
  (a) The cost of foster care provided for a child, including medical care, is an obligation of the estate of the child and the estate ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.102 - County Contracts
  (a) The department may contract with a county commissioners court to administer the funds authorized by this subchapter for eligible children in the county and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.103 - Direct Payments
  The department may make direct payments for foster care to a foster parent residing in a county with which the department does not have a ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.104 - Parent Or Guardian Liability
  (a) The parent or guardian of a child is liable to the state or to the county for a payment made by the state or ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.105 - Medical Services Payments
  The department shall attempt to maximize the use of federal funding to provide medical care payments authorized by Section 264.101(c) for children for whom the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.106 - Required Contracts For Substitute Care And Case Management Services
  (a) In this section: (1) "Case management services" means the provision of case management services to a child for whom the department has been appointed ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.1061 - Foster Parent Performance
  The department shall monitor the performance of a foster parent who has been verified by the department in the department's capacity as a child-placing agency. ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.1062 - Evaluation Of Independent Administrators
  The department shall develop and implement a comprehensive multidisciplinary team to monitor and evaluate the performance of independent administrators. The team must consist of specialized ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.1063 - Monitoring Performance Of Substitute Care And Case Management Providers
  (a) The department, in consultation with private entities under contract with either an independent administrator or the department to provide substitute care or case management ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.107 - Placement Of Children
  (a) The department shall use a system for the placement of children in contract residential care, including foster care, that conforms to the levels of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.1075 - Assessing Needs Of Child
  (a) On removing a child from the child's home, the department shall use assessment services provided by a child-care facility, a child-placing agency, or the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.108 - Race Or Ethnicity
  (a) The department may not make a foster care placement decision on the presumption that placing a child in a family of the same race ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.109 - Assignment Of Support Rights In Substitute Care Cases
  (a) The placement of a child in substitute care by the department constitutes an assignment to the state of any support rights attributable to the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.110 - Adoptive Parent Registry
  (a) The department shall establish a registry of persons who are willing to accept foster care placement of a child in the care of the ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.111 - Adoption And Substitute Information
  (a) The department shall maintain in the department's central database information concerning children placed in the department's custody, including: (1) for each formal adoption of ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.112 - Report On Children In Substitute Care
  (a) The department shall report the status for children in substitute care to the Board of Protective and Regulatory Services at least once every 12 ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.113 - Foster Parent Recruitment
  (a) In this section, "faith-based organization" means a religious or denominational institution or organization, including an organization operated for religious, educational, or charitable purposes and ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.114 - Immunity From Liability
  (a) A faith-based organization, including the organization's employees and volunteers, that participates in a program under this chapter is subject to civil liability as provided ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.115 - Returning Child To School
  (a) If the department takes possession of a child under Chapter 262 during the school year, the department shall ensure that the child returns to ...
• Texas Family Code Section 264.116 - Texas Foster Grandparent Mentors
  (a) The department shall make the active recruitment and inclusion of senior citizens