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 § 160.7031 (2026)

Unmarried Man's Paternity Of Child Of Assisted Reproduction

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Sec. 160.7031. UNMARRIED MAN'S PATERNITY OF CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION. (a) If an unmarried man, with the intent to be the father of a resulting child, provides sperm to a licensed physician and consents to the use of that sperm for assisted reproduction by an unmarried woman, he is the father of a resulting child.

(b) Consent by an unmarried man who intends to be the father of a resulting child in accordance with this section must be in a record signed by the man and the unmarried woman and kept by a licensed physician.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2007.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: Joseph Pressil v. Jason A. Gibson, Jason A. Gibson, P.C. D/B/A the Gibson Law Firm, Clifford D. Peel, II, & Andrew C. Smith's (Tex. App. 2015).
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Joseph Pressil v. Jason A. Gibson, Jason A. Gibson, P.C. D/B/A the Gibson Law Firm, Clifford D. Peel, II, & Andrew C. Smith's (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “7 TEX. FAM. CODE § 160.7031 ...............”
in Re Joseph Andre Davis (Tex. App. 2015). “81 When reviewing a trial court's order Tex. Fam. Code § 160.7031 was revised to clarify on a plea to the jurisdiction, an appellate court the issue.”
Tex. Fam. Code § 160.7031(b): 1 case
Joseph Pressil v. Jason A. Gibson, Jason A. Gibson, P.C. D/B/A the Gibson Law Firm, Clifford D. Peel, II, & Andrew C. Smith's (Tex. App. 2015). “7 TEX. FAM. CODE § 160.7031 ...............”
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