Tex. Fam. Code § 231.112 · Subchapter B. SERVICES PROVIDED BY TITLE IV-D PROGRAM
INFORMATION ON PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On notification by the state registrar under Section 192.005(d), Health and Safety Code, that the items relating to the child's father are not completed on a birth certificate filed with the state registrar, the Title IV-D agency may provide to:
(1) the child's mother and, if possible, the man claiming to be the child's biological father written information necessary for the man to complete an acknowledgment of paternity as provided by Chapter 160; and
(2) the child's mother written information:
(A) explaining the benefits of having the child's paternity established; and
(B) regarding the availability of paternity establishment and child support enforcement services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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