Texas Statutes: (Specific information still pending)
“Paternity Registry” Statutes: Tex. Fam. Code Ann. sec. 160.251 et seq.
“Paternity Registry” Statutes: Tex. Fam. Code Ann. sec. 160.251 et seq.
Forms are available from hospitals, birthing centers, licensed child-placing agencies, county and district clerks, and the Bureau of Vital Statistics. (See following address)
Return the form to: Bureau of Vital Statistics;
Texas Department of Health;
1100 West 49th,
Austin, TX, 78756
Tel: 1-888-963-7111 Ext 7782 or 512-458-7782
Texas Department of Health;
1100 West 49th,
Austin, TX, 78756
Tel: 1-888-963-7111 Ext 7782 or 512-458-7782
Notarization required?: Yes
Cost: None indicated.
Further Information: *An asterisk (*) means that the state, by statute, regards a putative father’s ignorance of the pregnancy or the birth as no excuse for not registering with the putative father registry. Other states may imply similar theory through their case law, even if the statutes do not mention it.
Return to the National Directory of Putative Father Registries.
