Tex. Fam. Code § 101.032 · Chapter 101. DEFINITIONS
SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 possessory conservator, access to or support of a child, or establishment or termination of the parent-child relationship is requested.
(b) The following are not suits affecting the parent-child relationship:
(1) a habeas corpus proceeding under Chapter 157;
(2) a proceeding filed under Chapter 159 to determine parentage or to establish, enforce, or modify child support, whether this state is acting as the initiating or responding state; and
(3) a proceeding under Title 2.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.101.htm
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