Title 5 › Chapter 151

Texas Family Code § 151.003

Limitation on State Agency Action

Rights and Duties in Parent-Child Relationship

A state agency may not adopt rules or policies or take any other action that violates the fundamental right and duty of a parent to direct the upbringing of the parent's child.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 6.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 151.005 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 2.13, eff. June 14, 2001.