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Tex. Fam. Code § 160.512

Tex. Fam. Code § 160.512 - Offense: Falsification Of Specimen (2026)

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**Tex. Fam. Code § 160.512. OFFENSE: FALSIFICATION OF SPECIMEN.** (a) A person commits an offense if the person alters, destroys, conceals, fabricates, or falsifies genetic evidence in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, including inducing another person to provide a specimen with the intent to affect the outcome of the proceeding. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree. (c) An order excluding a man as the biological father of a child based on genetic evidence shown to be altered, fabricated, or falsified is void and unenforceable. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1221 (S.B. 502), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011. SUBCHAPTER G. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE

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