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Texas Law - Sole Custody

The parent who has sole custody has the following rights and responsibilities:

• Decide where the child lives.
• Consent to medical, dental and surgical treatment involving invasive procedures (such as surgery), and to consent to psychiatric and psychological treatment.
• Receive child support.
• Make legal decisions for the child.
• Consent to the child's marriage and armed forces enlistment.
• Make decisions about education.
• Receive the child's services and earnings.
• To be the child's agent in financial affairs, except where the court has appointed a guardian for the child.

Section 153.132.

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