Texas Human Resources Code
§ 31.002 — DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD
HR § 31.002Title 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL · Part C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS · Ch. 31. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE PROGRAMS · Art. A. ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this chapter, the term "dependent child" applies to a child:
(1)who is a resident of this state;
(2)who is under 18 years of age or is under 19 years of age and is a full-time student in a secondary school or at the equivalent level of vocational or technical training if, before the child's 19th birthday, the child may reasonably be expected to complete the secondary school or training program;
(3)who has been deprived of parental support or care because of the death, continued absence from home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent;
(4)who has insufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with health and decency; and
(5)who is living in the home residence of his or her father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, or niece.
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.040, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 42, eff. September 1, 2017.