Tex. Fam. Code § 160.605 · Subchapter G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE
VENUE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is in the county of this state in which:
(1) the child resides or is found;
(2) the respondent resides or is found if the child does not reside in this state; or
(3) a proceeding for probate or administration of the presumed or alleged father's estate has been commenced.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.
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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