Tex. Fam. Code § 160.403 · Subchapter E. REGISTRY OF PATERNITY
NOTICE OF PROCEEDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as provided by Sections 161.002(b)(2), (3), and (4) and (f), notice of a proceeding to adopt or to terminate parental rights regarding a child must be given to a registrant who has timely registered with regard to that child. Notice must be given in a manner prescribed for service of process in a civil action.
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 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1283 (H.B. 3997), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm
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