Tex. Fam. Code § 160.104 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS

AUTHORIZED COURTS.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

The following courts are authorized to adjudicate parentage under this chapter:

(1) a court with jurisdiction to hear a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under this title; or

(2) a court with jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage under another law of this state.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm
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