{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.301","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.301","heading":"ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY.","body":"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.\nAdded 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.","path":["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 D. VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm#160.301","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"6ce3c695dc910e7146e8c24587be1420cf51c01ba81cfb22de3a51eb5a698242","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}