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Tex. Fam. Code § 1.001

APPLICABILITY OF DEFINITIONS

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case in the Estate of Thomas Trevino Araguz III (2014)

Most recently applied in Jawed Manjlai v. Nabila Hamid Manjlai (August 2014)

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The definitions in this subchapter apply to this title.

(b) Except as provided by this subchapter, the definitions in Chapter 101 apply to terms used in this title.

(c) If, in another part of this title, a term defined by this subchapter has a meaning different from the meaning provided by this subchapter, the meaning of that other provision prevails.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.