{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-151.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 151.003","heading":"LIMITATION ON STATE AGENCY ACTION.","body":"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.\nAdded 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.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 151. RIGHTS AND DUTIES IN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.151.htm#151.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"1b8b513759806dd01649fbc8bab15c0be400010a79c9017522f0d1f52b864951","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-151.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-152.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}