reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
TX Fam Code § 160.411 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.411. Required Form

Sec. 160.411.  REQUIRED FORM.  The vital statistics unit shall adopt a form for registering with the registry.  The form must require the signature of the registrant.  The form must state that:(1)  the form is signed under penalty of perjury;(2)  a timely registration entitles the registrant to notice of a proceeding for adoption of the child or for termination of the registrant's parental rights;(3)  a timely registration does not commence a proceeding to establish paternity;(4)  the information disclosed on the form may be used against the registrant to establish paternity;(5)  services to assist in establishing paternity are available to the registrant through the support enforcement agency;(6)  the registrant should also register in another state if the conception or birth of the child occurred in the other state;(7)  information on registries in other states is available from the vital statistics unit; and(8)  procedures exist to rescind the registration of a claim of paternity.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.069, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 160.412 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.412. Furnishing of Information; Confidentiality

Sec. 160.412.  FURNISHING OF INFORMATION;  CONFIDENTIALITY.  (a)  The vital statistics unit is not required to attempt to locate the mother of a child who is the subject of a registration.  The vital statistics unit shall send a copy of the notice of the registration to a mother who has provided an address.(b)  Information contained in the registry is confidential and may be released on request only to:(1)  a court or a person designated by the court;(2)  the mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;(3)  an agency authorized by another law to receive the information;(4)  a licensed child-placing agency;(5)  a support enforcement agency;(6)  a party, or the party's attorney of record, to a proceeding under this chapter or a proceeding to adopt or to terminate parental rights regarding a child who is the subject of the registration;  and(7)  the registry of paternity in another state.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.070, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 160.413 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.413. Offense: Unauthorized Release of Information

Sec. 160.413.  OFFENSE:  UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally releases information from the registry of paternity to another person, including an agency, that is not authorized to receive the information under Section 160.412.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.414 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.414. Rescission of Registration

Sec. 160.414.  RESCISSION OF REGISTRATION.  A registrant may rescind his registration at any time by sending to the registry a rescission in a record or another manner authenticated by him and witnessed or notarized.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.415 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.415. Untimely Registration

Sec. 160.415.  UNTIMELY REGISTRATION.  If a man registers later than the 31st day after the date of the birth of the child, the vital statistics unit shall notify the registrant that the registration was not timely filed.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 567), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.071, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 160.416 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.416. Fees for Registry

Sec. 160.416.  FEES FOR REGISTRY.  (a)  A fee may not be charged for filing a registration or to rescind a registration.(b)  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), the vital statistics unit may charge a reasonable fee for making a search of the registry and for furnishing a certificate.(c)  A support enforcement agency is not required to pay a fee authorized by Subsection (b).|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.072, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 160.421 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.421. Search of Appropriate Registry

Sec. 160.421.  SEARCH OF APPROPRIATE REGISTRY.  (a)  If a father-child relationship has not been established under this chapter, a petitioner for the adoption of or the termination of parental rights regarding the child must obtain a certificate of the results of a search of the registry.  The petitioner may request a search of the registry on or after the 32nd day after the date of the birth of the child, and the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission may not by rule impose a waiting period that must elapse before the vital statistics unit will conduct the requested search.(b)  If the petitioner for the adoption of or the termination of parental rights regarding a child has reason to believe that the conception or birth of the child may have occurred in another state, the petitioner must obtain a certificate of the results of a search of the paternity registry, if any, in the other state.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 567), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.073, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 160.422 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.422. Certificate of Search of Registry

Sec. 160.422.  CERTIFICATE OF SEARCH OF REGISTRY.  (a)  The vital statistics unit shall furnish a certificate of the results of a search of the registry on request by an individual, a court, or an agency listed in Section 160.412(b).(b)  The certificate of the results of a search must be signed on behalf of the unit and state that:(1)  a search has been made of the registry; and(2)  a registration containing the information required to identify the registrant:(A)  has been found and is attached to the certificate; or(B)  has not been found.(c)  A petitioner must file the certificate of the results of a search of the registry with the court before a proceeding for the adoption of or termination of parental rights regarding a child may be concluded.(d)  A search of the registry is not required if a parent-child relationship exists between a man and the child, as provided by Section 160.201(b), and that man:(1)  has been served with citation of the proceeding for termination of the parent-child relationship; or(2)  has signed a relinquishment of parental rights with regard to the child.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1283 (H.B. 3997), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.074, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 160.423 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter E. Registry of Paternity|Section 160.423. Admissibility of Certificate

Sec. 160.423.  ADMISSIBILITY OF CERTIFICATE.  A certificate of the results of a search of the registry in this state or of a paternity registry in another state is admissible in a proceeding for the adoption of or the termination of parental rights regarding a child and, if relevant, in other legal proceedings.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.501. Application of Subchapter

Sec. 160.501.  APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter governs genetic testing of an individual to determine parentage, regardless of whether the individual:(1)  voluntarily submits to testing;  or(2)  is tested under an order of a court or a support enforcement agency.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.502 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.502. Order for Testing

Sec. 160.502.  ORDER FOR TESTING.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter and by Subchapter G, a court shall order a child and other designated individuals to submit to genetic testing if the request is made by a party to a proceeding to determine parentage.(b)  If a request for genetic testing of a child is made before the birth of the child, the court or support enforcement agency may not order in utero testing.(c)  If two or more men are subject to court-ordered genetic testing, the testing may be ordered concurrently or sequentially.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.503 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.503. Requirements for Genetic Testing

Sec. 160.503.  REQUIREMENTS FOR GENETIC TESTING.  (a)  Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied on by experts in the field of genetic testing.  The testing must be performed in a testing laboratory accredited by:(1)  the American Association of Blood Banks, or a successor to its functions;(2)  the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, or a successor to its functions;  or(3)  an accrediting body designated by the federal secretary of health and human services.(b)  A specimen used in genetic testing may consist of one or more samples, or a combination of samples, of blood, buccal cells, bone, hair, or other body tissue or fluid.  The specimen used in the testing is not required to be of the same kind for each individual undergoing genetic testing.(c)  Based on the ethnic or racial group of an individual, the testing laboratory shall determine the databases from which to select frequencies for use in the calculation of the probability of paternity of the individual.  If there is disagreement as to the testing laboratory's choice:(1)  the objecting individual may require the testing laboratory, not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of the report of the test, to recalculate the probability of paternity using an ethnic or racial group different from that used by the laboratory;(2)  the individual objecting to the testing laboratory's initial choice shall:(A)  if the frequencies are not available to the testing laboratory for the ethnic or racial group requested, provide the requested frequencies compiled in a manner recognized by accrediting bodies;  or(B)  engage another testing laboratory to perform the calculations;  and(3)  the testing laboratory may use its own statistical estimate if there is a question regarding which ethnic or racial group is appropriate and, if available, shall calculate the frequencies using statistics for any other ethnic or racial group requested.(d)  If, after recalculation using a different ethnic or racial group, genetic testing does not rebuttably identify a man as the father of a child under Section 160.505, an individual who has been tested may be required to submit to additional genetic testing.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.504. Report of Genetic Testing

Sec. 160.504.  REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING.  (a)  A report of the results of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory.  A report made under the requirements of this subchapter is self-authenticating.(b)  Documentation from the testing laboratory is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony if the documentation includes:(1)  the name and photograph of each individual whose specimens have been taken;(2)  the name of each individual who collected the specimens;(3)  the places in which the specimens were collected and the date of each collection;(4)  the name of each individual who received the specimens in the testing laboratory;  and(5)  the dates the specimens were received.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.505 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.505. Genetic Testing Results; Rebuttal

Sec. 160.505.  GENETIC TESTING RESULTS;  REBUTTAL.  (a)  A man is rebuttably identified as the father of a child under this chapter if the genetic testing complies with this subchapter and the results disclose:(1)  that the man has at least a 99 percent probability of paternity, using a prior probability of 0.5, as calculated by using the combined paternity index obtained in the testing;  and(2)  a combined paternity index of at least 100 to 1.(b)  A man identified as the father of a child under Subsection (a) may rebut the genetic testing results only by producing other genetic testing satisfying the requirements of this subchapter that:(1)  excludes the man as a genetic father of the child;  or(2)  identifies another man as the possible father of the child.(c)  Except as otherwise provided by Section 160.510, if more than one man is identified by genetic testing as the possible father of the child, the court shall order each man to submit to further genetic testing to identify the genetic father.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.506 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.506. Costs of Genetic Testing

Sec. 160.506.  COSTS OF GENETIC TESTING.  (a)  Subject to the assessment of costs under Subchapter G, the cost of initial genetic testing must be advanced:(1)  by a support enforcement agency, if the agency is providing services in the proceeding;(2)  by the individual who made the request;(3)  as agreed by the parties;  or(4)  as ordered by the court.(b)  In cases in which the cost of genetic testing is advanced by the support enforcement agency, the agency may seek reimbursement from a man who is rebuttably identified as the father.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.507 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.507. Additional Genetic Testing

Sec. 160.507.  ADDITIONAL GENETIC TESTING.  The court or the support enforcement agency shall order additional genetic testing on the request of a party who contests the result of the original testing.  If the previous genetic testing identified a man as the father of the child under Section 160.505, the court or agency may not order additional testing unless the party provides advance payment for the testing.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.508 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.508. Genetic Testing When All Individuals Not Available

Sec. 160.508.  GENETIC TESTING WHEN ALL INDIVIDUALS NOT AVAILABLE.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), if a genetic testing specimen for good cause and under circumstances the court considers to be just is not available from a man who may be the father of a child, a court may order the following individuals to submit specimens for genetic testing:(1)  the parents of the man;(2)  any brothers or sisters of the man;(3)  any other children of the man and their mothers;  and(4)  other relatives of the man necessary to complete genetic testing.(b)  A court may not render an order under this section unless the court finds that the need for genetic testing outweighs the legitimate interests of the individual sought to be tested.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.509 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.509. Deceased Individual

Sec. 160.509.  DECEASED INDIVIDUAL.  For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing of a deceased individual.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.510 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.510. Identical Brothers

Sec. 160.510.  IDENTICAL BROTHERS.  (a)  The court may order genetic testing of a brother of a man identified as the father of a child if the man is commonly believed to have an identical brother and evidence suggests that the brother may be the genetic father of the child.(b)  If each brother satisfies the requirements of Section 160.505 for being the identified father of the child and there is not another identical brother being identified as the father of the child, the court may rely on nongenetic evidence to adjudicate which brother is the father of the child.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.511 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.511. Offense: Unauthorized Release of Specimen

Sec. 160.511.  OFFENSE:  UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF SPECIMEN.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally releases an identifiable specimen of another person for any purpose not relevant to the parentage proceeding and without a court order or the written permission of the person who furnished the specimen.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 160.512 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter F. Genetic Testing|Section 160.512. Offense: Falsification of Specimen

Sec. 160.512.  OFFENSE:  FALSIFICATION OF SPECIMEN.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person alters, destroys, conceals, fabricates, or falsifies genetic evidence in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, including inducing another person to provide a specimen with the intent to affect the outcome of the proceeding.(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.(c)  An order excluding a man as the biological father of a child based on genetic evidence shown to be altered, fabricated, or falsified is void and unenforceable.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1221 (S.B. 502), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Fam Code § 160.601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act|Subchapter G. Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 160.601. Proceeding Authorized; Rules of Procedure

Sec. 160.601.  PROCEEDING AUTHORIZED;  RULES OF PROCEDURE.  (a)  A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child.(b)  The proceeding is governed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, except as provided by Chapter 233.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (S.B. 865), Sec. 23, eff. June 19, 2009.|