Texas Family Code

§ 160.602 — STANDING TO MAINTAIN PROCEEDING

FA § 160.602Title 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. G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE

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(a)Subject to Subchapter D and Sections 160.607 and 160.609 and except as provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained by:

(1)the child;

(2)the mother of the child;

(3)a man whose paternity of the child is to be adjudicated;

(4)the support enforcement agency or another government agency authorized by other law;

(5)an authorized adoption agency or licensed child-placing agency;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.