Texas HB1671 amends Family Code to establish parentage and retroactive child support from conception.

Texas HB1671 amends the Family Code to establish parentage and the duty to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. The bill allows certain actions, such as service of process and discovery, in parentage proceedings before the child's birth. It mandates that an order adjudicating parentage must identify the child by name and date of birth, or by the unborn child and the child's expected date of birth if rendered before the child's birth.

Texas HB1671 amends Family Code to establish parentage and retroactive child support from conception.

Texas HB1671 amends the Family Code to establish parentage and the duty to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. The bill allows certain actions, such as service of process and discovery, in parentage proceedings before the child's birth. It mandates that an order adjudicating parentage must identify the child by name and date of birth, or by the unborn child and the child's expected date of birth if rendered before the child's birth.