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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 192.005. Record of Paternity

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The items on a birth certificate relating to the child's father shall be completed only if:

(1) the child's mother was married to the father:

(A) at the time of the child's conception;

(B) at the time of the child's birth; or

(C) after the child's birth;

(2) paternity is established by order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(3) a valid acknowledgment of paternity executed by the father has been filed with the vital statistics unit as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 160, Family Code. 1

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 610, § 23, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

(c) A person may apply to the state registrar for the removal of any indication of the absence of paternity of a child who has no presumed father from the person's birth record.

(d) If the items relating to the child's father are not completed on a birth certificate filed with the state registrar, the state registrar shall notify the attorney general.

1 V.T.C.A., Family Code § 160.301 et seq.
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