Tex. Fam. Code § 160.755 · Subchapter I. GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS
PETITION TO VALIDATE GESTATIONAL AGREEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The intended parents and the prospective gestational mother under a gestational agreement may commence a proceeding to validate the agreement.
(b) A person may maintain a proceeding to validate a gestational agreement only if:
(1) the prospective gestational mother or the intended parents have resided in this state for the 90 days preceding the date the proceeding is commenced;
(2) the prospective gestational mother's husband, if she is married, is joined as a party to the proceeding; and
(3) a copy of the gestational agreement is attached to the petition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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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