Texas Family Code

§ 101.032 — SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

FA § 101.032Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 101. DEFINITIONS

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(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.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.