Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

I live in Texas, my ex wife gave birth to a girl in Massachusetts, I was named as the father on the birth certificate because we were still married at the time, I am not her biological father. Since then we had gotten back together and i have been raising the child as my own, Now we are seperated again. We all live in Texas now, my question is, being listed as the father on the birth certificate, do I have any legal rights to visitation or anything like that.


Asked on 8/12/16, 6:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

There is a presumption that a child born to a married woman is "a product of the marriage."

The child is presumed to be "yours." You and I know it's NOT yours.

You and your wife can continue to pretend that the child is yours. If you file for divorce, you can continue to indulge the presumption that the child is yours.

However, at any time - now or later on - you, or your wife, or the child's real father can burst the bubble, and tell the Court that the child is not actually "a product of the marriage."

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Answered on 8/14/16, 12:35 pm


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