Texas Family Code

§ 151.003. Rights and Duties of Parent

     (a) A parent of a child has the following rights and duties:

     (1) the right to have physical possession, to direct the moral and religious training, and to establish the residence of the child;

     (2) the duty of care, control, protection, and reasonable discipline of the child;

     (3) the duty to support the child, including providing the child with clothing, food, shelter, medical and dental care, and education;

     (4) the duty, except when a guardian of the child's estate has been appointed, to manage the estate of the child, including the right as an agent of the child to act in relation to the child's estate if the child's action is required by a state, the United States, or a foreign government;

     (5) the right to the services and earnings of the child;

     (6) the right to consent to the child's marriage, enlistment in the armed forces of the United States, medical and dental care, and psychiatric, psychological, and surgical treatment;

     (7) the right to represent the child in legal action and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance concerning the child;

     (8) the right to receive and give receipt for payments for the support of the child and to hold or disburse funds for the benefit of the child;

     (9) the right to inherit from and through the child;

     (10) the right to make decisions concerning the child's education; and

     (11) any other right or duty existing between a parent and child by virtue of law.

     (b) The duty of a parent to support his or her child exists while the child is an unemancipated minor and continues as long as the child is fully enrolled in an accredited secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma until the end of the school year in which the child graduates.

     (c) A parent who fails to discharge the duty of support is liable to a person who provides necessaries to those to whom support is owed.

     (d) The rights and duties of a parent are subject to:

     (1) a court order affecting the rights and duties;

     (2) an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights; and

     (3) an affidavit by the parent designating another person or agency to act as managing conservator.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

see:  http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/fatoc.html for the complete text of the Texas Family Code.  Well worth reading.