Tex. Codes » 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
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Tex. Fam. Code § 160.104 (2026)

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Sec. 160.104. AUTHORIZED COURTS. The following courts are authorized to adjudicate parentage under this chapter:

(1) a court with jurisdiction to hear a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under this title; or

(2) a court with jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage under another law of this state.

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: in the Interest of C.H., a Child (Tex. App. 2022).
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in the Interest of C.H., a Child (Tex. App. 2022). “A court has jurisdiction to hear a suit affecting the parent-child relationship if Texas “is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the…”
— Tex. Fam. Code § 160.104(1) — 1 case
in the Interest of C.H., a Child (Tex. App. 2022). “A court has jurisdiction to hear a suit affecting the parent-child relationship if Texas “is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the…”
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