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TX Fam Code § 101.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.014. Governmental Entity

Sec. 101.014.  GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.  "Governmental entity" means the state, a political subdivision of the state, or an agency of the state.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.0145 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.0145. Guardian Ad Litem

Sec. 101.0145.  GUARDIAN AD LITEM.  "Guardian ad litem" has the meaning assigned by Section 107.001.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 172 (H.B. 307), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Fam Code § 101.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.015. Health Insurance

Sec. 101.015.  HEALTH INSURANCE.  "Health insurance" means insurance coverage that provides basic health care services, including usual physician services, office visits, hospitalization, and laboratory, X-ray, and emergency services, that may be provided through a health maintenance organization or other private or public organization, other than medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 101.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.016. Joint Managing Conservatorship

Sec. 101.016.  JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATORSHIP.  "Joint managing conservatorship" means the sharing of the rights and duties of a parent by two parties, ordinarily the parents, even if the exclusive right to make certain decisions may be awarded to one party.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.0161 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.0161. Judicial Writ of Withholding

Sec. 101.0161.  JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.  "Judicial writ of withholding" means the document issued by the clerk of a court and delivered to an employer directing that earnings be withheld for payment of child support as provided by Chapter 158.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 101.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.017. Licensed Child Placing Agency

Sec. 101.017.  LICENSED CHILD PLACING AGENCY.  "Licensed child placing agency" means a person, including an organization or corporation, licensed or certified under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, by the Department of Family and Protective Services to place a child in an adoptive home or a residential child-care facility, including a child-care facility, agency foster home, cottage home operation, or general residential operation.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 110 (H.B. 841), Sec. 9, eff. May 21, 2011.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.028, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 101.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.018. Local Registry

Sec. 101.018.  LOCAL REGISTRY.  "Local registry" means a county agency or public entity operated under the authority of a district clerk, county government, juvenile board, juvenile probation office, domestic relations office, or other county agency or public entity that serves a county or a court that has jurisdiction under this title and that:(1)  receives child support payments;(2)  maintains records of child support payments;(3)  distributes child support payments as required by law;  and(4)  maintains custody of official child support payment records.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 740 (H.B. 2668), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Fam Code § 101.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.019. Managing Conservatorship

Sec. 101.019.  MANAGING CONSERVATORSHIP.  "Managing conservatorship" means the relationship between a child and a managing conservator appointed by court order.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.020. Medical Support

Sec. 101.020.  MEDICAL SUPPORT.  "Medical support" means periodic payments or a lump-sum payment made under an order to cover medical expenses, including health insurance coverage, incurred for the benefit of a child.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 101.0201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.0201. Notice of Application for Judicial Writ of Withholding

Sec. 101.0201.  NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.  "Notice of application for judicial writ of withholding" means the document delivered to an obligor and filed with the court as required by Chapter 158 for the nonjudicial determination of arrears and initiation of withholding.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 101.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.021. Obligee

Sec. 101.021.  OBLIGEE.  "Obligee" means a person or entity entitled to receive payments of child support, including an agency of this state or of another jurisdiction to which a person has assigned the person's right to support.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Fam Code § 101.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.022. Obligor

Sec. 101.022.  OBLIGOR.  "Obligor" means a person required to make payments under the terms of a support order for a child.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.023. Order

Sec. 101.023.  ORDER.  "Order" means a final order unless identified as a temporary order or the context clearly requires a different meaning.  The term includes a decree and a judgment.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.024. Parent

Sec. 101.024.  PARENT.  (a)  "Parent" means the mother, a man presumed to be the father, a man legally determined to be the father, a man who has been adjudicated to be the father by a court of competent jurisdiction, a man who has acknowledged his paternity under applicable law, or an adoptive mother or father.  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the term does not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated.(b)  For purposes of establishing, determining the terms of, modifying, or enforcing an order, a reference in this title to a parent includes a person ordered to pay child support under Section 154.001(a-1) or to provide medical support or dental support for a child.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 2.05, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.03, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2018.|
TX Fam Code § 101.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.025. Parent-Child Relationship

Sec. 101.025.  PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.  "Parent-child relationship" means the legal relationship between a child and the child's parents as provided by Chapter 160. The term includes the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 2.06, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 101.0255 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.0255. Record

Sec. 101.0255.  RECORD.  "Record" means information that is:(1)  inscribed on a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium; and(2)  retrievable in a perceivable form.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Fam Code § 101.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.026. Render

Sec. 101.026.  RENDER.  "Render" means the pronouncement by a judge of the court's ruling on a matter.  The pronouncement may be made orally in the presence of the court reporter or in writing, including on the court's docket sheet or by a separate written instrument.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.027. Parent Locator Service

Sec. 101.027.  PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.  "Parent locator service" means the service established under 42 U.S.C. Section 653.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.028. School

Sec. 101.028.  SCHOOL.  "School" means an elementary or secondary school in which a child is enrolled or, if the child is not enrolled in an elementary or secondary school, the public school district in which the child primarily resides.  For purposes of this section, a reference to elementary school includes prekindergarten.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1167 (S.B. 821), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 101.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.029. Standard Possession Order

Sec. 101.029.  STANDARD POSSESSION ORDER.  "Standard possession order" means an order that provides a parent with rights of possession of a child in accordance with the terms and conditions of Subchapter F, Chapter 153.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.030. State

Sec. 101.030.  STATE.  "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.  The term includes an Indian tribe and a foreign jurisdiction that has established procedures for rendition and enforcement of an order that are substantially similar to the procedures of this title.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.0301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.0301. State Case Registry

Sec. 101.0301.  STATE CASE REGISTRY.  "State case registry" means the registry established and operated by the Title IV-D agency under 42 U.S.C. Section 654a that has responsibility for maintaining records with respect to child support orders in all Title IV-D cases and in all other cases in which a support order is rendered or modified under this title on or after October 1, 1998.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 101.0302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.0302. State Disbursement Unit

Sec. 101.0302.  STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT.  "State disbursement unit" means the unit established and operated by the Title IV-D agency under 42 U.S.C. Section 654b that has responsibility for receiving, distributing, maintaining, and furnishing child support payments and records on or after October 1, 1999.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Fam Code § 101.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.031. Suit

Sec. 101.031.  SUIT.  "Suit" means a legal action under this title.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 859 (S.B. 1726), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 101.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.032. Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship

Sec. 101.032.  SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.  (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.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.033. Title Iv-D Agency

Sec. 101.033.  TITLE IV-D AGENCY.  "Title IV-D agency" means the state agency designated under Chapter 231 to provide services under Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.034. Title Iv-D Case

Sec. 101.034.  TITLE IV-D CASE.  "Title IV-D case" means an action in which services are provided by the Title IV-D agency under Part D, Title IV, of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.), relating to the location of an absent parent, determination of parentage, or establishment, modification, or enforcement of a child support, medical support, or dental support obligation, including a suit for modification filed by the Title IV-D agency under Section 231.101(d) and any other action relating to the services that the Title IV-D agency is required or authorized to provide under Section 231.101.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (S.B. 1329), Sec. 1.02, eff. September 1, 2018.|
TX Fam Code § 101.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.035. Tribunal

Sec. 101.035.  TRIBUNAL.  "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a state authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 101.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 101 - Definitions|Section 101.036. Vital Statistics Unit

Sec. 101.036.  VITAL STATISTICS UNIT.  "Vital statistics unit" means the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Redesignated and amended from Family Code, Section 101.0021 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.027, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 102.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 102 - Filing Suit|Section 102.001. Suit Authorized; Scope of Suit

Sec. 102.001.  SUIT AUTHORIZED;  SCOPE OF SUIT.  (a)  A suit may be filed as provided in this title.(b)  One or more matters covered by this title may be determined in the suit.  The court, on its own motion, may require the parties to replead in order that any issue affecting the parent-child relationship may be determined in the suit.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 102.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 102 - Filing Suit|Section 102.002. Commencement of Suit

Sec. 102.002.  COMMENCEMENT OF SUIT.  An original suit begins by the filing of a petition as provided by this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 102.0035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 102 - Filing Suit|Section 102.0035. Statement to Confer Standing

Sec. 102.0035.  STATEMENT TO CONFER STANDING.  (a)  A pregnant woman or a parent of a child may execute a statement to confer standing to a prospective adoptive parent as provided by this section to assert standing under Section 102.003(a)(14).  A statement to confer standing under this section may not be executed in a suit brought by a governmental entity under Chapter 262 or 263.(b)  A statement to confer standing must contain:(1)  the signature, name, age, and address of the person named as a prospective adoptive parent;(2)  the signature, name, age, and address of the pregnant woman or of the parent of the child who is consenting to the filing of a petition for adoption or to terminate the parent-child relationship as described by Subsection (a);(3)  the birth date of the child or the anticipated birth date if the child has not been born;  and(4)  the name of the county in which the suit will be filed.(c)  The statement to confer standing must be attached to the petition in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.  The statement may not be used for any purpose other than to confer standing in a proceeding for adoption or to terminate the parent-child relationship.(d)  A statement to confer standing may be signed at any time during the pregnancy of the mother of the unborn child whose parental rights are to be terminated.(e)  A statement to confer standing is not required in a suit brought by a person who has standing to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under Sections 102.003(a)(1)-(13) or any other law under which the person has standing to file a suit.(f)  A person who executes a statement to confer standing may revoke the statement at any time before the person executes an affidavit for voluntary relinquishment of parental rights.  The revocation of the statement must be in writing and must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the prospective adoptive parent.(g)  On filing with the court proof of the delivery of the revocation of a statement to confer standing under Subsection (f), the court shall dismiss any suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the prospective adoptive parent named in the statement.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 37, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|