Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Tex. Fam. Code § 154.305

SPECIFIC PROCEDURES

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Floyd Crocker v. Attorney General of Texas (1999)

Most recently applied in In the Interest of J.M.W. (July 2014)

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

(a) A suit under this subchapter may be filed:

(1) regardless of the age of the child; and

(2) as an independent cause of action or joined with any other claim or remedy provided by this code.

(b) If no court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child, an action under this subchapter may be filed as an original suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

(c) If there is a court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, an action under this subchapter may be filed as a suit for modification as provided by Chapter 156.

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