Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 160.201 - Establishment of Parent-Child Relationship(a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: (1) the woman giving birth to the child;(2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or(3) the adoption of the child by the woman.(b) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 160.204;(2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Subchapter D, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;(3) an adjudication of the man's paternity;(4) the adoption of the child by the man; or(5) the man's consenting to assisted reproduction by his wife under Subchapter H, which resulted in the birth of the child.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. 6/14/2001.