{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.705","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.705","heading":"LIMITATION ON HUSBAND'S DISPUTE OF PATERNITY.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may not challenge his paternity of the child unless:\n(1) before the fourth anniversary of the date of learning of the birth of the child he commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity; and\n(2) the court finds that he did not consent to the assisted reproduction before or after the birth of the child.\n(b) A proceeding to adjudicate paternity may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:\n(1) the husband did not provide sperm for or, before or after the birth of the child, consent to assisted reproduction by his wife;\n(2) the husband and the mother of the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and\n(3) the husband never openly treated the child as his own.\n(c) The limitations provided by this section apply to a marriage declared invalid after assisted reproduction.\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 H. CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm#160.705","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e1989f83e6e3ac8f51804ad003664a99b5248c92e4095eca6f45f95b7a5dcf80","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.704","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}