Tex. Family Code § 81.011
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 81.011, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 81.011. USE OF DIGITIZED SIGNATURE.
Official statutory text
(a) A digitized signature on an application for a protective order under this title or any other pleading or order in a proceeding under this title satisfies the requirements for and imposes the duties of signatories to pleadings, motions, and other papers identified under Rule 13, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) A digitized signature under this section may be applied only by, and must remain under the sole control of, the person whose signature is represented.
(b) A digitized signature under this section may be applied only by, and must remain under the sole control of, the person whose signature is represented.
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