TITLE: Relating to circumstances involving extrinsic fraud in establishment of paternity.

SUMMARY: Relating to circumstances involving extrinsic fraud in establishment of paternity.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to circumstances involving extrinsic fraud in establishment of paternity. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 160, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 160.107 to read as follows: Sec. 160.107. PATERNITY ORDER BASED ON EXTRINSIC FRAUD. A person identified in a court order as the father of a child who demonstrates that the order was obtained by fraudulent representations made by the child's mother to induce the person into believing that the person was the child's father satisfies any requirement in law that the person demonstrate the existence of extrinsic fraud in order to be entitled to equitable relief from the order through a bill of review or other judicial action. SECTION 2. Section 160.107, Family Code, as added by this Act, applies to any order identifying a person as the father of a child, regardless of the date on which the order was rendered. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.