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Chapter 102
Filing Suit

Sections

102.001
Suit Authorized; Scope of Suit
102.002
Commencement of Suit
102.003
General Standing to File Suit
102.004
Standing for Grandparent or Other Person
102.005
Standing to Request Termination and Adoption
102.006
Limitations on Standing
102.007
Standing of Title Iv-d Agency
102.008
Contents of Petition
102.009
Service of Citation
102.010
Service of Citation by Publication
102.011
Acquiring Jurisdiction over Nonresident
102.012
Exercising Partial Jurisdiction
102.013
Docketing Requirements
102.014
Use of Digitized Signature
102.0035
Statement to Confer Standing
102.0045
Standing for Sibling
102.0086
Confidentiality of Pleadings
102.0091
Waiver of Citation
 



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Blank Outline Levels

The legislature occasionally skips outline levels. For example:

(3) A person may apply [...]
(4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...]

In this example, (3), (4), and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but (4) was omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've decided to display a blank section with this note, in order to aide readability.

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