Sec. 192.005. RECORD OF PATERNITY. (a) The items on a birth certificate relating to the child's father shall be completed only if: (1) the child's mother was married to the father: (A) at the time of the child's conception; (B) at the time of the child's birth; or (C) after the child's birth; (2) paternity is established by order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) a valid acknowledgment of paternity executed by the father has been filed with the vital statistics unit as provided by Subchapter D , Chapter 160 , Family Code. (b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 610, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. (c) A person may apply to the state registrar for the removal of any indication of the absence of paternity of a child who has no presumed father from the person's birth record. (d) If the items relating to the child's father are not completed on a birth certificate filed with the state registrar, the state registrar shall notify the attorney general.
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