{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.312","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.312","heading":"FORMS.","body":"(a) To facilitate compliance with this subchapter, the vital statistics unit shall prescribe forms for the:\n(1) acknowledgment of paternity;\n(2) denial of paternity; and\n(3) rescission of an acknowledgment or denial of paternity.\n(b) A valid acknowledgment of paternity, denial of paternity, or rescission of an acknowledgment or denial of paternity is not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.\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. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.062, 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#160.312","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"7d109828d75bcfcf13bdcffebe8060fff0662f2234f1b8b35f9e30918f884257","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.311","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}