Tex. Family Code § 101.0015
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 101.0015, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 101.0015. ALLEGED FATHER.
Official statutory text
(a) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose paternity has not been determined.
(b) The term does not include:
(1) a presumed father;
(2) a man whose parental rights have been terminated or declared to not exist; or
(3) a male donor.
(b) The term does not include:
(1) a presumed father;
(2) a man whose parental rights have been terminated or declared to not exist; or
(3) a male donor.
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