Title 5 › Chapter 161 › Subchapter B

Texas Family Code § 161.102

Filing Suit for Termination Before Birth

Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship · Procedures

(a) A suit for termination may be filed before the birth of the child.

(b) If the suit is filed before the birth of the child, the petition shall be styled "In the Interest of an Unborn Child." After the birth, the clerk shall change the style of the case to conform to the requirements of Section 102.008.

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

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Legislative history

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

This section refers to

§ 102.008