{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.610","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.610","heading":"JOINDER OF PROCEEDINGS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be joined with a proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, possession of or access to a child, child support, divorce, annulment, or probate or administration of an estate or another appropriate proceeding.\n(b) A respondent may not join a proceeding described by Subsection (a) with a proceeding to adjudicate parentage brought under Chapter 159.\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 G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm#160.610","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e9898eff1e9ac150e676cd02d70f8e1a3b8ba245901e38385ae560ed82c3fa46","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.609","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.611"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}