HOUSE BILL 920 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Goodman |
EFFECTIVE: 06-14-01 |
SENATE SPONSOR: West, Royce |
House Bill 920 amends the Family Code to adopt the Uniform Parentage Act, which sets forth provisions and modifications relating to the parent-child relationship and makes uniform the law of those states that enact it. The act includes new provisions governing genetic testing of an individual to determine parentage, voluntarily or under an order of a court or a support enforcement agency, and establishes certain criteria to determine parentage that apply only to a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction. The bill amends the Family Code and the Texas Probate Code to make conforming changes.