Texas Family Code - Section 160.201. Establishment Of Parent-Child Relationship
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§ 160.201. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARENT-CHILD
RELATIONSHIP. (a) The mother-child relationship is established
between a woman and a child by:
(1) the woman giving birth to the child;
(2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or
(3) the adoption of the child by the woman.
(b) The father-child relationship is established between a
man and a child by:
(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity
of the child under Section 160.204;
(2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the
man under Subchapter D, unless the acknowledgment has been
rescinded or successfully challenged;
(3) an adjudication of the man's paternity;
(4) the adoption of the child by the man; or
(5) the man's consenting to assisted reproduction by
his wife under Subchapter H, which resulted in the birth of the
child.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. June 14,
2001.
Section: 160.002 160.101 160.102 160.103 160.104 160.105 160.106 160.201 160.202 160.203 160.204 160.301 160.302 160.303 160.304
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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