Tex. Fam. Code § 160.303 · Subchapter D. VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY
DENIAL OF PATERNITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A presumed father of a child may sign a denial of his paternity. The denial is valid only if:
(1) an acknowledgment of paternity signed or otherwise authenticated by another man is filed under Section 160.305;
(2) the denial is in a record and is signed or otherwise authenticated under penalty of perjury; and
(3) the presumed father has not previously:
(A) acknowledged paternity of the child, unless the previous acknowledgment has been rescinded under Section 160.307 or successfully challenged under Section 160.308; or
(B) been adjudicated to be the father of the child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.
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