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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 160.612: CHILD AS PARTY; REPRESENTATION.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 160. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT
  5. SUBCHAPTER G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE

(a) A minor child is a permissible party, but is not a necessary party to a proceeding under this subchapter.

(b) The court shall appoint an amicus attorney or attorney ad litem to represent a child who is a minor or is incapacitated if the child is a party or the court finds that the interests of the child are not adequately represented.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 172 (H.B. 307), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2005.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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