Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 101.0015: ALLEGED FATHER.

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FAMILY CODE
TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 101. DEFINITIONS

(a) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose paternity has not been determined.

(b) The term does not include:

(1) a presumed father;

(2) a man whose parental rights have been terminated or declared to not exist; or

(3) a male donor.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 2.04, eff. June 14, 2001.

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