{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.306","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.306","heading":"FILING FEE NOT REQUIRED.","body":"The Department of State Health Services may not charge a fee for filing:\n(1) an acknowledgment of paternity;\n(2) a denial of paternity; or\n(3) a rescission of an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1221 (S.B. 502), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.059, eff. April 2, 2015.","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#160.306","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"41f4832e9e16560e41257d10624dafb37251d2be5f0e0242a3e36e0353373f70","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.305","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}