Tex. Fam. Code § 102.0086 · Chapter 102. FILING SUIT
CONFIDENTIALITY OF PLEADINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 and other documents filed with the court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship are confidential, are excepted from required public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be released to a person who is not a party to the suit until after the date of service of citation or the 31st day after the date of filing the suit, whichever date is sooner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1314, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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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.102.htm
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