Texas § 160.512 OFFENSE: FALSIFICATION OF SPECIMEN.

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§ 160.512 — OFFENSE: FALSIFICATION OF SPECIMEN.

Texas § 160.512

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Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 160.512 (2026).

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Sec. 160.512. OFFENSE: FALSIFICATION OF SPECIMEN.

(a)A person commits an offense if the person alters, destroys, conceals, fabricates, or falsifies genetic evidence in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, including inducing another person to provide a specimen with the intent to affect the outcome of the proceeding.

(b)An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

(c)An order excluding a man as the biological father of a child based on genetic evidence shown to be altered, fabricated, or falsified is void and unenforceable. SUBCHAPTER G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE

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Sec. 160.512. OFFENSE: FALSIFICATION OF SPECIMEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person alters, destroys, conceals, fabricates, or falsifies genetic evidence in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, including inducing another person to provide a specimen with the intent to affect the outcome of the proceeding.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
(c) An order excluding a man as the biological father of a child based on genetic evidence shown to be altered, fabricated, or falsified is void and unenforceable.
SUBCHAPTER G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE