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Paternity Kit
Use these forms in a case to establish or contest a legal relationship between a parent and a child.
By: Partnership for Legal Access
Paternity Establishment FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
By: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (Dallas Office)
Paternity
(Separate Website)
Click on this link to request an amendment, adding or changing the father's name on your child's birth certificate.
By: Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Attorney General Handbook for Non-Custodial Parents
(Separate Website)
By: Texas Attorney General
Birth and Death Record Amendment Forms
(Separate Website)
Click on this link to request an application to change or amend a birth certificate, after the judge has signed an order changing your or child's name.
By: Texas Department of State Health Services
Answers to questions about Child Support in Texas
What is child support, how much is child support, how to establish child support payments, withholding orders and more answers to questions about child support.
By: Texas Access to Justice Forms Work Group
TXAccess.org
(Separate Website)
This links to a website of English and Spanish resources for parents who do not have primary custody of their children, sponsored by Legal Aid of Northwest Texas and the Texas Attorney General's Office. It contains legal information about custody, child support, visitation, grandparents' rights and paternity issues. It provides some forms that might be useful to a non-custodial parent.
By: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
Child Support through the Texas Attorney General's Office
(Separate Website)
Link to OAG Child Support site.
Child Support Calculator
Use this fillable Adobe form to see an estimate for child support payments in Texas. This is only an estimate courts consider other factors to detemine child support payments.
By: Partnership for Legal Access
Assisted Reproduction and Gestational Agreements Read this to find out how Texas law affects parenthood when people use infertility treatment, including surrogate mothers or sperm and egg donors
By: Texas Partnership for Legal Access
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Parents and the Law
There are now many ways that people can become parents. Donor eggs and sperm can help a woman get pregnant. Or sometimes a woman is willing to have a child for another couple. The laws in Texas have changed to address these new ways. But, the basic role of the law has remained the same: to protect and promote what is best for the child.
This article explains these topics:
• Legal Parents
• Acknowledgment of Paternity
• Denial of Paternity
• Paternity Registry
• Genetic Testing
• Paternity or Parentage Cases
If you have questions about your situation, talk to a lawyer with experience in paternity law.
By: Texas Partnership for Legal Access
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Spanish / Español
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