Texas Family Code - Section 160.412. Furnishing Of Information; Confidentiality

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§ 160.412. FURNISHING OF INFORMATION;  
CONFIDENTIALITY.  (a) The bureau of vital statistics is not 
required to attempt to locate the mother of a child who is the 
subject of a registration.  The bureau of vital statistics shall 
send a copy of the notice of the registration to a mother who has 
provided an address.
	(b)  Information contained in the registry is confidential 
and may be released on request only to:
		(1)  a court or a person designated by the court;                             
		(2)  the mother of the child who is the subject of the 
registration;        
		(3)  an agency authorized by another law to receive the 
information;        
		(4)  a licensed child-placing agency;                                         
		(5)  a support enforcement agency;                                            
		(6)  a party, or the party's attorney of record, to a 
proceeding under this chapter or a proceeding to adopt or to 
terminate parental rights regarding a child who is the subject of 
the registration;  and
		(7)  the registry of paternity in another state.                              

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

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