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 § 160.301 (2026)

Acknowledgment Of Paternity

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Sec. 160.301. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY. The mother of a child and a man claiming to be the biological father of the child may sign an acknowledgment of paternity with the intent to establish the man's paternity.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2004–2026 · leading case: In the Interest of Baby Boy R., 191 S.W.3d 916 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2006).
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In the Interest of Baby Boy R., 191 S.W.3d 916 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. §§ 160.301, .302 (Vernon Supp.”
in the Interest of K.W., 138 S.W.3d 420 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2004). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 160.301 -.302. TDPRS argues that if we accept Charles’ argument that his letters to the trial court and' to TDPRS constitute admissions of paternity under • section 161.”
in the Interest of O. R. M., Jr., M. M. & O. M., Child., 559 S.W.3d 738 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2018). “It requires that an acknowledgement of paternity (1) be in a record; (2) be signed or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury by the mother and the man seeking to establish paternity; (3) state that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged: (A) does not have a…”
In re Kw, 138 S.W.3d 420 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2004). “Laws 1610 , 1613 (current versions at Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 160.301 (Vernon Supp.”
in the Interest of E.H.L v., No. 09-20-00191-CV (Tex. App.—Beaumont June 9, 2022). “Laws 3255 , 3258 (codified at Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 160.301 - .315) (Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity, addressed in Subchapter D)).”
In the Interest of C.H., a Child v. the State of Texas, No. 02-25-00060-CV (Mar. 26, 2026). “Father and Mother both signed an acknowledgment of paternity, see Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 160.301 , 160.302(a), declaring that Father is C.”
In re Attorney Gen. of Texas, No. 03-06-00307-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 3, 2006). “The Attorney General contends that the trial court abused its discretion in ordering paternity testing and compelling the release of such testing results because (1) paternity had already been legally established through an acknowledgment of paternity signed by the real party in…”
Larry Alexander v. Tiffany Johnson, No. 14-08-00778-CV, 2010 WL 11201 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 5, 2010). “A valid AOP “is the equivalent of an adjudication of the paternity of a child and confers on the acknowledged father all rights and duties of a parent.”
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