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Tex. Fam. Code § 160.755

PETITION TO VALIDATE GESTATIONAL AGREEMENT

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 160–160 (97 sections).

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 2, eff

(a) The intended parents and the prospective gestational mother under a gestational agreement may commence a proceeding to validate the agreement.

(b) A person may maintain a proceeding to validate a gestational agreement only if:

(1) the prospective gestational mother or the intended parents have resided in this state for the 90 days preceding the date the proceeding is commenced;

(2) the prospective gestational mother's husband, if she is married, is joined as a party to the proceeding; and

(3) a copy of the gestational agreement is attached to the petition.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.