Sec. 160.7031. UNMARRIED MAN'S PATERNITY OF CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION. (a) If an unmarried man, with the intent to be the father of a resulting child, provides sperm to a licensed physician and consents to the use of that sperm for assisted reproduction by an unmarried woman, he is the father of a resulting child.
(b) Consent by an unmarried man who intends to be the father of a resulting child in accordance with this section must be in a record signed by the man and the unmarried woman and kept by a licensed physician.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act
Subchapter H. Child of Assisted Reproduction
Section 160.701. Scope of Subchapter
Section 160.702. Parental Status of Donor
Section 160.703. Husband's Paternity of Child of Assisted Reproduction
Section 160.7031. Unmarried Man's Paternity of Child of Assisted Reproduction
Section 160.704. Consent to Assisted Reproduction
Section 160.705. Limitation on Husband's Dispute of Paternity