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Tex. Fam. Code § 101.024

PARENT

Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case In Re Smith (2008)

Most recently applied in In the INTEREST OF C.M v. a Child (May 2015)

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

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(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.

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