Tex. Family Code § 101.032
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 101.032, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 101.032. SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.
Official statutory text
(a) "Suit affecting the parent-child relationship" means a suit filed as provided by this title in which the appointment of a managing conservator or a possessory conservator, access to or support of a child, or establishment or termination of the parent-child relationship is requested.
(b) The following are not suits affecting the parent-child relationship:
(1) a habeas corpus proceeding under Chapter 157;
(2) a proceeding filed under Chapter 159 to determine parentage or to establish, enforce, or modify child support, whether this state is acting as the initiating or responding state; and
(3) a proceeding under Title 2.
(b) The following are not suits affecting the parent-child relationship:
(1) a habeas corpus proceeding under Chapter 157;
(2) a proceeding filed under Chapter 159 to determine parentage or to establish, enforce, or modify child support, whether this state is acting as the initiating or responding state; and
(3) a proceeding under Title 2.
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