Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 154. CHILD SUPPORT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 154.301 (2026)

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Sec. 154.301. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Adult child" means a child 18 years of age or older.

(2) "Child" means a son or daughter of any age.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2014–2016 · leading case: in Re Mark Thompson, Sr., 434 S.W.3d 624 (Tex. App. 2014).
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in Re Mark Thompson, Sr., 434 S.W.3d 624 (Tex. App. 2014). “Reading the plain language of the applicable statutes together, chapter 154 of the Family Code provides that a suit for support of a disabled child can be filed at any time, but to obtain an order for the support of that child, the court must find that the child’s disability…”
In the Interest of C.j.n.-s. & J.c.n.-s, 501 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. App. 2016). “5 See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 154.301 (2) (defining “child” for purposes of Subchapter F as “a son or daughter of any age”).”
in the Interest of Zachary Cardiff Sisk, an Adult Disabled Child (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 154.301 -.309 (Vernon 2014).”
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