1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.409 – Rescinding Acknowledgment or Denial Any signatory to an Acknowledgment of Paternity or Denial of Paternity may rescind an acknowledgment or denial through a certified entity providing such services. The rescinding party must: (1) Complete a Rescission of Acknowledgment of Paternity form. (2) Mail copies of the Rescission of…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.408 – Parent Survey (a) Each certified entity must provide the parents (and presumed father, if applicable,) with the opportunity to complete and sign the Parent Survey if the parent was provided the opportunity to voluntarily acknowledge paternity. The Parent Survey on the Acknowledgment of Paternity (AOP) may be found…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.407 – Certification All birthing hospitals, all birthing centers, the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics Unit, a registered nurse working in a partnership program funded through the nurse-family partnership competitive grant program, and each certified entity must have staff who: (1) provide the mother and father the…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.406 – Entities Providing Paternity Establishment Services (a) The following entities must provide voluntary paternity establishment services after being certified by the Office of the Attorney General: (1) all public and private birthing hospitals; (2) all birthing centers; (3) the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics Unit; and…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.405 – Denial of Paternity Form If the mother declares in the Acknowledgment of Paternity form that there is a presumed father of the child, the acknowledgment must be accompanied by a Denial of Paternity form signed by the mother and the presumed father, unless the presumed father is the…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.404 – Voluntarily Acknowledging Paternity (a) A man claiming to be the biological father and the mother may establish paternity before or after the birth of their child by voluntarily acknowledging paternity through a certified entity providing such services. The mother and father must read the Acknowledgment of Paternity form.…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.403 – Forms The certified entities offering voluntary paternity establishment services may obtain the prescribed Acknowledgment of Paternity and Denial of Paternity forms and the Rescission of the Acknowledgment of Paternity forms by contacting the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics Unit.

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.402 – Definitions The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Acknowledgment of Paternity form–An agreement affirming parentage for a child signed by both the man claiming to be the biological father and the mother, that…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.401 – Scope Fathers and mothers who wish to voluntarily establish paternity for their child or rescind a previously executed Acknowledgment of Paternity or Denial of Paternity may do so through any local child support office of the Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Division; the Texas Department of…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 55.308 – Confidentiality and Security (a) Confidentiality of Records. The records contained in the new hire directory shall be confidential and may be accessed for the following purposes only: (1) Location of Child Support Obligors. The Title IV-D Agency shall use the Employer New Hire Reporting (ENHR) information to locate…