Tex. Family Code § 160.412
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 160.412, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 160.412. FURNISHING OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY.
Official statutory text
(a) The vital statistics unit is not required to attempt to locate the mother of a child who is the subject of a registration. The vital statistics unit shall send a copy of the notice of the registration to a mother who has provided an address.
(b) Information contained in the registry is confidential and may be released on request only to:
(1) a court or a person designated by the court;
(2) the mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;
(3) an agency authorized by another law to receive the information;
(4) a licensed child-placing agency;
(5) a support enforcement agency;
(6) a party, or the party's attorney of record, to a proceeding under this chapter or a proceeding to adopt or to terminate parental rights regarding a child who is the subject of the registration; and
(7) the registry of paternity in another state.
(b) Information contained in the registry is confidential and may be released on request only to:
(1) a court or a person designated by the court;
(2) the mother of the child who is the subject of the registration;
(3) an agency authorized by another law to receive the information;
(4) a licensed child-placing agency;
(5) a support enforcement agency;
(6) a party, or the party's attorney of record, to a proceeding under this chapter or a proceeding to adopt or to terminate parental rights regarding a child who is the subject of the registration; and
(7) the registry of paternity in another state.
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