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 § 160.706 (2026)

Effect Of Dissolution Of Marriage

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Sec. 160.706. EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. (a) If a marriage is dissolved before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the former spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the former spouse consented in a record kept by a licensed physician that if assisted reproduction were to occur after a divorce the former spouse would be a parent of the child.

(b) The consent of a former spouse to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by that individual in a record kept by a licensed physician at any time before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 42, eff. September 1, 2007.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2012 · leading case: Roman v. Roman, 193 S.W.3d 40 (Tex. App. 2006).
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Roman v. Roman, 193 S.W.3d 40 (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 160.706 (a) (Vernon 2002).”
Reber v. Reiss, 42 A.3d 1131 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2012). “”); Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 160.706(b) (Vernon 2011) ("The consent of a former spouse to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by that individual in a record kept by a licensed physician at any time before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.”
Tex. Fam. Code § 160.706(b): 2 cases
Reber v. Reiss, 42 A.3d 1131 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2012). “”); Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 160.706(b) (Vernon 2011) ("The consent of a former spouse to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by that individual in a record kept by a licensed physician at any time before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.”
Roman v. Roman, 193 S.W.3d 40 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 160.706 (a) (Vernon 2002).”
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