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Texas Family Code - Section 160.402. Registration For Notification

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§ 160.402. REGISTRATION FOR NOTIFICATION.  (a) Except as 
otherwise provided by Subsection (b), a man who desires to be 
notified of a proceeding for the adoption of or the termination of 
parental rights regarding a child that he may have fathered may 
register with the registry of paternity:
		(1)  before the birth of the child;  or                                       
		(2)  not later than the 31st day after the date of the 
birth of the child.  
	(b)  A man is entitled to notice of a proceeding described by 
Subsection (a) regardless of whether he registers with the registry 
of paternity if:
		(1)  a father-child relationship between the man and 
the child has been established under this chapter or another law;  
or
		(2)  the man commences a proceeding to adjudicate his 
paternity before the court has terminated his parental rights.
	(c)  A registrant shall promptly notify the registry in a 
record of any change in the information provided by the registrant.  
The bureau of vital statistics shall incorporate all new 
information received into its records but is not required to 
affirmatively seek to obtain current information for incorporation 
in the registry.

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

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