Tex. Fam. Code § 151.003 · Chapter 151. RIGHTS AND DUTIES IN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
LIMITATION ON STATE AGENCY ACTION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A state agency may not adopt rules or policies or take any other action that violates the fundamental right and duty of a parent to direct the upbringing of the parent's child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 6.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 151.005 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 2.13, eff. June 14, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.151.htm
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- sha256 260fec55cab6cef61e4adf21875ea770d77dc6c749718bdf0329c8a2fd69be94
- 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
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