Texas Family Code

§ 160.302 — EXECUTION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY

FA § 160.302Title 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. D. VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY

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(a)An acknowledgment of paternity must:

(1)be in a record;

(2)be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury by the mother and the man seeking to establish paternity;

(3)state that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:

(A)does not have a presumed father or has a presumed father whose full name is stated; and

(B)does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1221 (S.B. 502), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.056, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 859 (S.B. 1726), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.