Texas Family Code Title 5, Chapter 102 - Filing Suit

• Texas 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 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, Sec. 1,...
• Texas 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 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 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, or another relative of the child related within the...
• Texas 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 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 Section 102.006 - Limitations On Standing
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), if the parent-child relationship between the child and every living parent of the child has been...
• Texas 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 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 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 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 Section 102.0091 - Waiver Of Citation
  (a) A party to a suit under this title may waive the issuance or service of citation after the suit is filed by filing with...
• Texas 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 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 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 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 Section 102.014 - Use Of Digitized Signature
  (a) A digitized signature on an original petition under this chapter or any other pleading or order in a suit satisfies the requirements for and...

Last modified: September 28, 2016