Texas Family Code - Section 160.305. Effect Of Acknowledgment Or Denial Of Paternity

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§ 160.305. EFFECT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR DENIAL OF 
PATERNITY.  (a) Except as provided by Sections 160.307 and 160.308, 
a valid acknowledgment of paternity filed with the bureau of vital 
statistics is the equivalent of an adjudication of the paternity of 
a child and confers on the acknowledged father all rights and duties 
of a parent.
	(b)  Except as provided by Sections 160.307 and 160.308, a 
valid denial of paternity filed with the bureau of vital statistics 
in conjunction with a valid acknowledgment of paternity is the 
equivalent of an adjudication of the nonpaternity of the presumed 
father and discharges the presumed father from all rights and 
duties of a parent.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. June 14, 
2001.      

Last modified: August 10, 2007