Tex. Fam. Code § 160.601 · Subchapter G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE
PROCEEDING AUTHORIZED; RULES OF PROCEDURE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child.
(b) The proceeding is governed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, except as provided by Chapter 233.
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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (S.B. 865), Sec. 23, eff. June 19, 2009.
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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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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