{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.303","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.303","heading":"DENIAL OF PATERNITY.","body":"A presumed father of a child may sign a denial of his paternity. The denial is valid only if:\n(1) an acknowledgment of paternity signed or otherwise authenticated by another man is filed under Section 160.305;\n(2) the denial is in a record and is signed or otherwise authenticated under penalty of perjury; and\n(3) the presumed father has not previously:\n(A) acknowledged paternity of the child, unless the previous acknowledgment has been rescinded under Section 160.307 or successfully challenged under Section 160.308; or\n(B) been adjudicated to be the father of the child.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.","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#160.303","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"1c93a307b71d94bedf4029158599a5ec3cb12c3a9039ddb487ef254f5f056baf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.302","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}