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 § 160.631 (2026)

Rules For Adjudication Of Paternity

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Sec. 160.631. RULES FOR ADJUDICATION OF PATERNITY. (a) The court shall apply the rules stated in this section to adjudicate the paternity of a child.

(b) The paternity of a child having a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father may be disproved only by admissible results of genetic testing excluding that man as the father of the child or identifying another man as the father of the child.

(c) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, the man identified as the father of a child under Section 160.505 shall be adjudicated as being the father of the child.

(d) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, a man excluded as the father of a child by genetic testing shall be adjudicated as not being the father of the child.

(e) If the court finds that genetic testing under Section 160.505 does not identify or exclude a man as the father of a child, the court may not dismiss the proceeding. In that event, the results of genetic testing and other evidence are admissible to adjudicate the issue of paternity.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2003–2019 · leading case: Stamper v. Knox, 254 S.W.3d 537 (Tex. App. 2008).
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Stamper v. Knox, 254 S.W.3d 537 (Tex. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 160.631(d) (Vernon 2002).”
Lorena Quiroz v. Rummie Lee Gray, II, 441 S.W.3d 588 (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “The man identified as the father of the child under Tex.Fam. Code Ann. § 160.505 shall be adjudicated as the father of the child.”
Hausman v. Hausman, 199 S.W.3d 38 (Tex. App. 2006). “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 160.631(d) (Vernon 2002).”
Wilson Ex Rel. C.M.W. v. Est. of Williams, 99 S.W.3d 640 (Tex. App. 2003). “Under the current version of the Family Code, therefore, we would not be concerned with whether or not a party has rebutted a presumption of paternity by clear and convincing evidence, because that is not a statutorily recognized method to disprove paternity.”
Jude Ugwu v. Cynthia Ugwu (Tex. App. 2019). “” Tex. Fam. Code § 160.631(d). Jude further asserts he is not barred from asking the district court to adjudicate him as not being the father by section 160.”
Michelle Stamper F/K/A Michelle Knox v. Stanley Keith Knox (Tex. App. 2008). “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 160.631 (d) (Vernon 2002).”
Tex. Fam. Code § 160.631(c): 1 case
Lorena Quiroz v. Rummie Lee Gray, II, 441 S.W.3d 588 (Tex. App. 2014). “The man identified as the father of the child under Tex.Fam. Code Ann. § 160.505 shall be adjudicated as the father of the child.”
Tex. Fam. Code § 160.631(d): 3 cases
Stamper v. Knox, 254 S.W.3d 537 (Tex. App. 2008). “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 160.631(d) (Vernon 2002).”
Hausman v. Hausman, 199 S.W.3d 38 (Tex. App. 2006). “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 160.631(d) (Vernon 2002).”
Jude Ugwu v. Cynthia Ugwu (Tex. App. 2019). “” Tex. Fam. Code § 160.631(d). Jude further asserts he is not barred from asking the district court to adjudicate him as not being the father by section 160.”
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