Family Laws

Legal Resources

• Adoption, Texas Family Code: Chapter 161

  Termination of Parent-Child Relationship Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Adoption, Texas Family Code: Chapter 162

  Adoption Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Application for a New Birth Certificate Based on Parentage

  This form is used to ADD, REMOVE, or REPLACE information regarding the father and/or mother listed on the original birth certificate according to an establishment of PATERNITY or a COURT ORDER. Content Detail

  By:

  Office of the Attorney General Texas

• Bigamy

  § 6.202. MARRIAGE DURING EXISTENCE OF PRIOR MARRIAGE. Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Informal (Common Law) Marriage

  § 2.401. PROOF OF INFORMAL MARRIAGE. Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Marriage to a Minor (under 16)

  § 6.205. MARRIAGE TO MINOR Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Marriage to Stepchild or Stepparent

  § 6.206. MARRIAGE TO STEPCHILD OR STEPPARENT. Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• NEW: Interactive Protective Order Kit

  Use an interactive interview to generate numerous documents to apply for a Protective Order: Instructions and Help, Application for Protective Order, Affidavit, Temporary Ex Parte Protective Order, Protective Order, and Respondent Information sheet. Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legal Services Center

• Same Sex Marriage

  § 6.204. RECOGNITION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR CIVIL UNION. Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Texas Family Code

  Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Texas Family Code Child Support: Chapter 158

  Withholding from Earnings for Child Support Statutes Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Texas Family Code Child Support: Chapter 157

  Enforcement Statues Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Texas Family Code Child Support: Chapter 156

  Modification Statutes Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Texas Family Code Child Support: Chapter 154

  Child Support Statutes Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council

• Texas Family Code Child Support: Chapter 151

  Rights and Duties in Parent-Child Relationship Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Legislative Council