Texas Family Code

§ 101.0015 — ALLEGED FATHER

FA § 101.0015Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 101. DEFINITIONS

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(a)"Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose paternity has not been determined.

(b)The term does not include:

(1)a presumed father;

(2)a man whose parental rights have been terminated or declared to not exist; or

(3)a male donor.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 2.04, eff. June 14, 2001.