Tex. Fam. Code § 102.001 : FAMILY CODE — THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — GENERAL PROVISIONS — FILING SUIT — Suit Authorized; Scope of Suit TEXT PDF (a) A suit may be filed as provided in this title. (b) One or more matters covered by this title may be determined in the suit. The court, on its own motion, may require the parties to replead in order that any issue affecting the parent-child relationship may be determined in the suit. Tex. Fam. Code § 102.001 Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.