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House Bill 154 |
House Author: Taylor et al. |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: West |
Current law authorizes a man who, without obtaining genetic testing, either has signed an acknowledgment of paternity or is adjudicated to be the father of a child to file suit for termination of the petitioner's parent-child relationship. House Bill 154 amends the Family Code to extend the deadline to file such a suit to not later than the second anniversary of the date on which the petitioner becomes aware of the facts alleged in the petition indicating the petitioner is not the child's genetic father. The bill establishes that an order terminating the parent-child relationship based on the results of genetic testing, in addition to ending the petitioner's obligation for future child support as of the date the order is rendered, ends the petitioner's obligation to pay interest that accrues after that date on the basis of a child support arrearage or money judgment for a child support arrearage existing on that date.