25 Tex. Admin. Code § 181.9 - Access to Paternity Files

(a) After the supplemental certificate of birth based on paternity is filed, any information disclosed from the record shall be made from the supplemental certificate, and access to the original certificate of birth and related documents shall not be authorized except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) The Vital Statistics Unit shall notify the Office of the Attorney General, the Title IV-D agency for the State of Texas, in a manner agreed by both agencies of any supplemental birth records based upon acknowledgement of paternity.

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25 Tex. Admin. Code § 181.9

The provisions of this §181.9 adopted to be effective September 4, 1984, 9 TexReg 4502; amended to be effective August 9, 1998, 23 TexReg 7809; amended to be effective July 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 4904; amended to be effective August 11, 2013, 38 TexReg 4896