Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

parental rights

i have raised my girlfriends daughter with her for the last eight years. She knows me as dad.We have now split. I have not adopted her not on the birth certificate. Is there anything i can do to secure visitation and more importantly some rights. The daughter was born in new mexico we now live in texas


Asked on 9/28/08, 4:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

Re: parental rights

The matter, if there is one, would be handled in a Texas court through a proceeding known as Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship. Truthfully, the law does not provide you with any rights. Your girlfriend may be willing to allow you contact and/or access, just to be generous.

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Answered on 9/29/08, 12:55 pm


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