Texas Family Code

§ 160.201 — ESTABLISHMENT OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

FA § 160.201Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 160. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT · Art. C. PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

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(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;

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Legislative history

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.