PARENT — Texas Code § FA.101.024
Texas Code § FA.101.024 — PARENT. Reproduced from the official The Texas Constitution, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ FA.101.024. PARENT
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.
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- Citation: The Texas Constitution § FA.101.024
- Jurisdiction: Texas
- Code: The Texas Constitution
- Subject: PARENT
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