Texas Family Code

§ 160.755 — PETITION TO VALIDATE GESTATIONAL AGREEMENT

FA § 160.755Title 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. I. GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS

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(a)The intended parents and the prospective gestational mother under a gestational agreement may commence a proceeding to validate the agreement.

(b)A person may maintain a proceeding to validate a gestational agreement only if:

(1)the prospective gestational mother or the intended parents have resided in this state for the 90 days preceding the date the proceeding is commenced;

(2)the prospective gestational mother's husband, if she is married, is joined as a party to the proceeding; and

(3)a copy of the gestational agreement is attached to the petition.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.