Tex. Fam. Code § 160.412 · Subchapter E. REGISTRY OF PATERNITY
FURNISHING OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The vital statistics unit is not required to attempt to locate the mother of a child who is the subject of a registration. The vital statistics unit shall send a copy of the notice of the registration to a mother who has provided an address.
(b) Information contained in the registry is confidential and may be released on request only to:
(1) a court or a person designated by the court;
(2) the mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;
(3) an agency authorized by another law to receive the information;
(4) a licensed child-placing agency;
(5) a support enforcement agency;
(6) a party, or the party's attorney of record, to a proceeding under this chapter or a proceeding to adopt or to terminate parental rights regarding a child who is the subject of the registration; and
(7) the registry of paternity in another state.
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 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.070, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- 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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