{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.706","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.706","heading":"EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.","body":"(a) If a marriage is dissolved before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the former spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the former spouse consented in a record kept by a licensed physician that if assisted reproduction were to occur after a divorce the former spouse would be a parent of the child.\n(b) The consent of a former spouse to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by that individual in a record kept by a licensed physician at any time before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 42, eff. September 1, 2007.","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#160.706","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"c4df1610f9feffdb38524138d666735528f7f25f2f51de1bf04a42a43bc22737","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.705","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.707"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}