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TITLE 1 - ADMINISTRATION
PART 3 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
CHAPTER 55 - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
SUBCHAPTER J - VOLUNTARY PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT PROCESS
SECTION/RULE §55.405 - Denial of Paternity Form
Chapter Review Date 02/26/2021

If the mother declares in the Acknowledgment of Paternity form that there is a presumed father of the child, the acknowledgment must be accompanied by a Denial of Paternity form signed by the mother and the presumed father, unless the presumed father is the man who is acknowledging paternity. The Denial of Paternity is signed using the same procedures as the Acknowledgment of Paternity outlined in §55.404 of this title. The Acknowledgment of Paternity form and the Denial of Paternity form may be filed with the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics Unit separately or simultaneously. If the acknowledgment and denial are both necessary, neither document is valid until both documents are filed.

Source Note: The provisions of this §55.405 adopted to be effective April 23, 2000, 25 TexReg 3232; amended to be effective July 25, 2002, 27 TexReg 6501; amended to be effective March 5, 2008, 33 TexReg 1761.

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