Tex. Fam. Code § 160.312 · Subchapter D. VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY
FORMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To facilitate compliance with this subchapter, the vital statistics unit shall prescribe forms for the:
(1) acknowledgment of paternity;
(2) denial of paternity; and
(3) rescission of an acknowledgment or denial of paternity.
(b) A valid acknowledgment of paternity, denial of paternity, or rescission of an acknowledgment or denial of paternity is not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1221 (S.B. 502), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.062, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm
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