Texas Family Code

§ 160.637 — BINDING EFFECT OF DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

FA § 160.637Title 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)Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b) or Section 160.316, a determination of parentage is binding on:

(1)all signatories to an acknowledgment or denial of paternity as provided by Subchapter D; and

(2)all parties to an adjudication by a court acting under circumstances that satisfy the jurisdictional requirements of Section 159.201.

(b)A child is not bound by a determination of parentage under this chapter unless:

(1)the determination was based on an unrescinded acknowledgment of paternity and the acknowledgment is consistent with the results of genetic testing;

(2)the adjudication of parentage was based on a finding consistent with the results of genetic testing and the consistency is declared in the determination or is otherwise shown; or

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Legislative history

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