{"id":1414,"date":"2020-10-30T23:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T23:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/?post_type=faqs&#038;p=1414"},"modified":"2021-05-07T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:58:07","slug":"does-a-minor-need-parents-permission-to-sue","status":"publish","type":"faqs","link":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/faqs\/necesita-un-menor-el-permiso-de-los-padres-para-demandar\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a Minor Need Parents&#8217; Permission to Sue?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>No. Texas law does not permit minors and others who lack legal capacity to sue in court.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txcourts.gov\/media\/1055394\/trcp-20150901.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rule 44<\/a> of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, injured minors can assert their rights in a lawsuit with a court-appointed legal representative, known as a <em>next friend<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or your loved one has been injured in Texas, you can learn more about filing a Texas personal injury lawsuit through a next friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/faqs\/can-minors-file-a-lawsuit-in-texas\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","faq_tax":[16],"class_list":["post-1414","faqs","type-faqs","status-publish","hentry","faq_tax-minors"],"acf":[],"x_date":"octubre 30, 2020","x_metadata":{"_yoast_wpseo_primary_faq_tax":"16","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Texas law does not permit minors to sue in court. But injured minors can assert rights in a lawsuit with a court-appointed representative. Learn more.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Does a Minor Need Parents' Permission to Sue? | Justinian & Associates","_trp_translated_slug_es_ES":"necesita-un-menor-el-permiso-de-los-padres-para-demandar","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/faqs\/does-a-minor-need-parents-permission-to-sue\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faqs"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_tax?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}