Section 102.0086 - Confidentiality of Pleadings(a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 3.4 million or more.(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, all pleadings and other documents filed with the court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship are confidential, are excepted from required public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be released to a person who is not a party to the suit until after the date of service of citation or the 31st day after the date of filing the suit, whichever date is sooner.Tex. Fam. Code § 102.0086
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1314, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2003.