If a spouse dies before the placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, the deceased spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the deceased spouse consented in a record kept by a licensed physician that if assisted reproduction were to occur after death the deceased spouse would be a parent of the child.
Tex. Fam. Code § 160.707
PARENTAL STATUS OF DECEASED SPOUSE
Known as the Uniform Parentage Act
The act spans §§ 160–160 (97 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Vernoff ex rel. Vernoff v. Astrue (2009)
Most recently applied in Vernoff ex rel. Vernoff v. Astrue (June 2009)
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.