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 § 160.707 (2026)

Parental Status Of Deceased Spouse

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Sec. 160.707. PARENTAL STATUS OF DECEASED SPOUSE. If a spouse dies before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the deceased spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the deceased spouse consented in a record kept by a licensed physician that if assisted reproduction were to occur after death the deceased spouse would be a parent of the child.

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. 43, eff. September 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER I. GESTATIONAL AGREEMENTS


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2007–2009 · leading case: Vernoff Ex Rel. Vernoff v. Astrue, 568 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2009).
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Vernoff Ex Rel. Vernoff v. Astrue, 568 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2009). “Code § 14-20-65; Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 160.707; Utah Code Ann.”
Eng Khabbaz Ex Rel. Eng v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin., 930 A.2d 1180 (N.H. 2007). · cites it 2× “As the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court observed, reproductive technologies will grow and advance, and as they do, the number of children they produce will continue to multiply.”
Vernoff v. Astrue (9th Cir. 2009). “Code § 14-20-65 ; Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 160.707 ; Utah Code Ann.”
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