{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.707","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.707","heading":"PARENTAL STATUS OF DECEASED SPOUSE.","body":"If a spouse dies before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the deceased spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the deceased spouse consented in a record kept by a licensed physician that if assisted reproduction were to occur after death the deceased spouse would be a parent of the child.\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. 43, 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#160.707","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"bcf3c1e7f8705ba7137c1c8f78b5bd87aa3bdeb29ad3f26a7a352e973b570cb0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.706","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.751"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}