Texas Family Code

§ 160.402 — REGISTRATION FOR NOTIFICATION

FA § 160.402Title 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. E. REGISTRY OF PATERNITY

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(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.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.067, eff. April 2, 2015.