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Tex. Fam. Code § 51.01 — Purpose and interpretation
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 51: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 51.01
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
This title shall be construed to effectuate the following public purposes: (1) to provide for the protection of the public and public safety; (2) consistent with the protection of the public and public safety: (A) to promote the concept of punishment for criminal acts; (B) to remove, where appropriate, the taint of criminality from children committing certain unlawful acts; and (C) to provide treatment, training, and rehabilitation that emphasizes the accountability and responsibility of both the parent and the child for the child's conduct; (3) to provide for the care, the protection, and the wholesome moral, mental, and physical development of children coming within its provisions; (4) to protect the welfare of the community and to control the commission of unlawful acts by children; (5) to achieve the foregoing purposes in a family environment whenever possible, separating the child from the child's parents only when necessary for the child's welfare or in the interest of public safety and when a child is removed from the child's family, to give the child the care that should be provided by parents; and (6) to provide a simple judicial procedure through which the provisions of this title are executed and enforced and in which the parties are assured a fair hearing and their constitutional and other legal rights recognized and enforced.
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