Texas Family Code
§ 160.760 — PARENTAGE UNDER VALIDATED GESTATIONAL AGREEMENT
FA § 160.760Title 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
Statute text
View on source(a)On the birth of a child to a gestational mother under a validated gestational agreement, the intended parents shall file a notice of the birth with the court not later than the 300th day after the date assisted reproduction occurred.
(b)After receiving notice of the birth, the court shall render an order that:
(1)confirms that the intended parents are the child's parents;
(2)requires the gestational mother to surrender the child to the intended parents, if necessary; and
(3)requires the vital statistics unit to issue a birth certificate naming the intended parents as the child's parents.
(c)If a person alleges that a child born to a gestational mother did not result from assisted reproduction, the court shall order that scientifically accepted parentage testing be conducted to determine the child's parentage.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 916 (H.B. 260), Sec. 22, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.076, eff. April 2, 2015.