Texas Family Code

§ 160.611 — PROCEEDINGS BEFORE BIRTH

FA § 160.611Title 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)A proceeding to determine parentage commenced before the birth of the child may not be concluded until after the birth of the child.

(b)In a proceeding described by Subsection (a), the following actions may be taken before the birth of the child:

(1)service of process;

(2)discovery; and

(3)except as prohibited by Section 160.502, collection of specimens for genetic testing.

Legislative history

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