Tex. Fam. Code § 159.315 · Subchapter D. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or under law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm
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- sha256 7857e37ee32672c792fb70181ae86a9f12983f2a6ad1a1ecdbd32751cc93806d
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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