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Terms Used In Texas Labor Code 304.001

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

In this chapter, “displaced homemaker” means a person who:
(1) has worked without pay as a homemaker for the person’s family;
(2) is not gainfully employed;
(3) has had, or would have, difficulty in obtaining employment; and
(4) has depended on:
(A) the income of a family member for financial support and has lost that income; or
(B) government assistance as the parent of dependent children and is no longer eligible for that assistance.