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Texas
Law Library
Family Code
Title 5
Subtitle A
Chapter 101
Tex. Fam. Code § 101.003

Tex. Fam. Code § 101.003 · Chapter 101. DEFINITIONS

CHILD OR MINOR; ADULT.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(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 the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes.

(b) In the context of child support, "child" includes a person over 18 years of age for whom a person may be obligated to pay child support.

(c) "Adult" means a person who is not a child.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.101.htm
Text hash: sha256 26ffb1eb6e050543185437f3e9f2b225421b2bbec6f22cc37168f493e0de65be
Composed by: 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

Cited by 11 provisions

Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 101.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

Civil Practice and Remedies Code

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 81.009LIMITATIONS.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code

Code of Criminal Procedure

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.303FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.3515PRESENCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM ADVOCATE OR OTHER VICTIM'S REPRESENTATIVE DURING LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEW.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code

Education Code

Tex. Educ. Code § 33.051DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code

Family Code

Tex. Fam. Code § 6.406MANDATORY JOINDER OF SUIT AFFECTING PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.Printed as Section 101.003
Tex. Fam. Code § 6.407TRANSFER OF SUIT AFFECTING PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP TO DIVORCE COURT.Printed as Section 101.003

Government Code

Tex. Gov't Code § 420.032PHOTO DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR CHILD VICTIMS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code
Tex. Gov't Code § 552.275REQUESTS THAT REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF EMPLOYEE OR PERSONNEL TIME.Printed as Section 101.003(a), Family Code

Insurance Code

Tex. Ins. Code § 1504.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code

Local Government Code

Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.251DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code

Penal Code

Tex. Penal Code § 25.09ADVERTISING FOR PLACEMENT OF CHILD.Printed as Section 101.003, Family Code

← Tex. Fam. Code § 101.0018 Tex. Fam. Code § 101.004 →

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