Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · CHAPTER 102. FILING SUIT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 102.001 (2026)

Suit Authorized; Scope Of Suit

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Sec. 102.001. SUIT AUTHORIZED; SCOPE OF SUIT. (a) A suit may be filed as provided in this title.

(b) One or more matters covered by this title may be determined in the suit. The court, on its own motion, may require the parties to replead in order that any issue affecting the parent-child relationship may be determined in the suit.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2009–2020 · leading case: in the Interest of E. N. C. (Tex. App. 2009).
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in the Interest of E. N. C. (Tex. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 102.001 -.002 (West 2008).”
Austin Indep. Sch. Dist. v. H. C. Beck Partners, Ltd. (Tex. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 102.001 -.002 (West 2008).”
in the Interest of S.L.E., a Child (Tex. App. 2020). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. §§ 102.001–102.003; Page v.”
in the Interest of M.A.G. & Z.A.G., Child. (Tex. App. 2020). “See TEX. FAM. CODE § 102.001; see also id. § 101.”
L. H. v. Texas Dep't of Fam. & Prot. Servs. (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex. Fam. Code §§ 102.001–.014. The chapter includes sections addressing general standing to file suit, the standing of grandparents or other persons, the standing of siblings, and standing to request termination and adoption.”
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