Texas § 160.705 LIMITATION ON HUSBAND'S DISPUTE OF PATERNITY.

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§ 160.705 — LIMITATION ON HUSBAND'S DISPUTE OF PATERNITY.

Texas § 160.705

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Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 160.705 (2026).

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Sec. 160.705. LIMITATION ON HUSBAND'S DISPUTE OF PATERNITY.

(a)Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may not challenge his paternity of the child unless:

(1)before the fourth anniversary of the date of learning of the birth of the child he commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity; and

(2)the court finds that he did not consent to the assisted reproduction before or after the birth of the child.

(b)A proceeding to adjudicate paternity may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:

(1)the husband did not provide sperm for or, before or after the birth of the child, consent to assisted reproduction by his wife;

(2)the husband and the mother of the child have not cohabited

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Sec. 160.705. LIMITATION ON HUSBAND'S DISPUTE OF PATERNITY. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may not challenge his paternity of the child unless:
(1) before the fourth anniversary of the date of learning of the birth of the child he commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity; and
(2) the court finds that he did not consent to the assisted reproduction before or after the birth of the child.
(b) A proceeding to adjudicate paternity may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:
(1) the husband did not provide sperm for or, before or after the birth of the child, consent to assisted reproduction by his wife;
(2) the husband and the mother of the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and
(3) the husband never openly treated the child as his own.
(c) The limitations provided by this section apply to a marriage declared invalid after assisted reproduction.