87R3477 MLH-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 1185
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the deadline for filing a petition for the termination
  of the parent-child relationship in circumstances involving
  mistaken paternity.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 161.005(e), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  A petition under Subsection (c) must be filed not later
  than the fourth [second] anniversary of the date on which the
  petitioner becomes aware of the facts alleged in the petition
  indicating that the petitioner is not the child's genetic father.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.