Tex. Fam. Code § 1.001 · Subchapter A. DEFINITIONS
APPLICABILITY OF DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 used in this title.
(c) If, in another part of this title, a term defined by this subchapter has a meaning different from the meaning provided by this subchapter, the meaning of that other provision prevails.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.1.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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