Sec. 160.602. STANDING TO MAINTAIN PROCEEDING. (a) Subject to Subchapter D and Sections 160.607 and 160.609 and except as provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained by:
(1) the child;
(2) the mother of the child;
(3) a man whose paternity of the child is to be adjudicated;
(4) the support enforcement agency or another government agency authorized by other law;
(5) an authorized adoption agency or licensed child-placing agency;
(6) a representative authorized by law to act for an individual who would otherwise be entitled to maintain a proceeding but who is deceased, is incapacitated, or is a minor;
(7) a person related within the second degree by consanguinity to the mother of the child, if the mother is deceased; or
(8) a person who is an intended parent.
(b) After the date a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father becomes an adult, a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of the adult child may only be maintained by the adult child.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
17
cases (
3 in the last 5 years), 2005–2022 · leading case:
In Re Sullivan, 157 S.W.3d 911 (Tex. App. 2005).
In Re Sullivan, 157 S.W.3d 911 (Tex. App. 2005).
· cites it 12× “See TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 160.602 (Vernon Supp.”
in Re the Dallas Grp. of Am., Inc. & Action Pers., Inc., 434 S.W.3d 647 (Tex. App. 2014).
“602 of Subchap-ter G, in turn, enumerates the persons who may adjudicate parentage: (1) the child; (2) the mother; (3) a man whose paternity is to be adjudicated; (4) a support enforcement agency or other government agency authorized by other law; (5) an authorized adoption or…”
in the Interest of N.I.V.S. & M.C.V.S. (Tex. App. 2015).
· cites it 4× “In response, Sandoval argues that to establish standing, Villarreal “needed to conform with Texas Family Code § 160.602 at the time of filing [the suit to adjudicate parentage].”
In Re Smv, 287 S.W.3d 435 (Tex. App. 2009).
“" *446 TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 160.602(a)(3) (2008).”
in the Interest of E.Y.H. (Tex. App. 2019).
“See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 160.602 (a)(3). We further conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying B.”
in Re J.H. & J.H. (Tex. App. 2021).
“(RPI) had standing to bring this suit under Texas Family Code Sections 160.602 and 102.”
in Re Sandra Sandoval (Tex. App. 2015).
“TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 160.602(a)(3) (West 2014) (emphasis added).”
— Tex. Fam. Code § 160.602(8) — 1 case
— Tex. Fam. Code § 160.602(a) — 1 case
in Re the Dallas Grp. of Am., Inc. & Action Pers., Inc., 434 S.W.3d 647 (Tex. App. 2014).
“602 of Subchap-ter G, in turn, enumerates the persons who may adjudicate parentage: (1) the child; (2) the mother; (3) a man whose paternity is to be adjudicated; (4) a support enforcement agency or other government agency authorized by other law; (5) an authorized adoption or…”
— Tex. Fam. Code § 160.602(a)(1) — 2 cases
— Tex. Fam. Code § 160.602(a)(3) — 5 cases
In Re Sullivan, 157 S.W.3d 911 (Tex. App. 2005).
“See TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 160.602 (Vernon Supp.”
in the Interest of N.I.V.S. & M.C.V.S. (Tex. App. 2015).
“In response, Sandoval argues that to establish standing, Villarreal “needed to conform with Texas Family Code § 160.602 at the time of filing [the suit to adjudicate parentage].”
In Re Smv, 287 S.W.3d 435 (Tex. App. 2009).
“" *446 TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 160.602(a)(3) (2008).”
in Re Sandra Sandoval (Tex. App. 2015).
“TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 160.602(a)(3) (West 2014) (emphasis added).”
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