Legal information, not legal advice. This site is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Every legal statement links to the official text. Not yet reviewed by an attorney. If you have a court date, talk to a lawyer.

Tex. Fam. Code §160.301
Acknowledgment Of Paternity

Verbatim text as fetched 2026-10-03 from the official source. Always check the official text for later changes.

The mother of a child and a man claiming to be the biological father of the child may sign an acknowledgment of paternity with the intent to establish the man's paternity.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.