Tex. Family Code § 31.005
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 31.005, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 31.005. ORDER.
Official statutory text
The court by order, or the Texas Supreme Court by rule or order, may remove the disabilities of minority of a minor, including any restriction imposed by Chapter 32, if the court or the Texas Supreme Court finds the removal to be in the best interest of the petitioner. The order or rule must state the limited or general purposes for which disabilities are removed.
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