Petition Adjudicate Parentage Form – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Print the initials of each child under In the Interest of the Minor Child(ren).

Print your answers.

After My name is, print your name as First Middle Last.

My driver's license was issued in (State): print the State, then the last three numbers of your driver's license number, or check that you do not have a driver's license. The last three numbers of your social security number are: print them, or check that you do not have a social security number.

I am (Check one). The mother of the child(ren). A man asking the court to determine whether or not I am the biological father of the child(ren). The presumed father of the child(ren), asking the court to determine that I am not the biological father of the child(ren). A relative of the mother, who is deceased: I am the mother's mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister or brother. An adult asking the Court to determine my father: I was born on the date you print. An intended parent: A gestational agreement named me the parent of the child(ren).

Jurisdiction of the Court (Check one): No court has continuing jurisdiction of this case or the child(ren), and the child(ren) have never been part of any other court case; or this Court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of this case and the child(ren), and this Court made prior orders about the child(ren).

The following child(ren) are the subject of this case: print each Child's name, Date of Birth, and County and State where child lives now.

Does a court order name the father of the child(ren)? (Check one.) The child(ren) do not have an adjudicated father: no court has named anyone the father of these child(ren). The child(ren) do have an adjudicated father: a court order names the father of the child(ren).

Has someone signed an “Acknowledgment of Paternity” claiming to be the father? (Check one.) The child(ren) do not have an acknowledged father: no one has signed an Acknowledgment of Paternity claiming to be the father of these child(ren). The child(ren) do have an acknowledged father: someone has signed and filed an Acknowledgment of Paternity claiming to be the father of these child(ren).

Do the child(ren) have a presumed father? (Check one.) The child(ren) do not have a presumed father.

Respondents: People Who Must Get Legal Notice of this Case. You must give legal notice of this case to the mother; any alleged father or fathers; any adjudicated, acknowledged, or presumed father; anyone who filed a notice of intent to claim paternity of the child(ren) with the paternity registry; and anyone with a court-ordered relationship with any of the child(ren).

Respondent A: Mother. Check this box if you are the mother of the child(ren), and skip to Respondent B. The mother of the child(ren) is: PRINT the Mother's full name.

(Check one.) I will have a sheriff, constable, or process server give a copy of this Petition to the mother of the child(ren) here. I ask the clerk to issue citation. I understand that I will need to pay a fee (or file the form to show the Court that I am unable to pay the fee) and arrange for service. Or service by a sheriff, constable, or process server is not necessary, at this time: I will give a copy of this Petition to the mother and I believe she will sign a Waiver of Service, or file an Answer. Or I ask that this Respondent be served by publication: I will file the required affidavits for service by publication. I understand I must hire an attorney ad litem to represent this Respondent.

Respondent B: Alleged Father. Check this box if you are the alleged father, and skip to Respondent C. The alleged father of the child(ren) is: PRINT the Alleged Father's full name.

Respondent C: Presumed, Acknowledged or Adjudicated Father. Check this box if there is no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father of the child(ren) or you are the presumed father and skip to Respondent D. Respondent C's full name is: PRINT the Presumed, Acknowledged, or Adjudicated Father's full name.

Respondent C is (Check one): a presumed father. Respondent C was married to the mother when the child(ren) you list were born or conceived or during the first two years of each child's life, Respondent C continuously lived with the child(ren) you list and represented to others that the child(ren) were his own. Or an adjudicated father. A court order named Respondent C as the father of the child(ren). Or an acknowledged father. Respondent C signed an Acknowledgment of Paternity claiming to the father of the child(ren).

Respondent D: Paternity Registrant. Check this box if no one filed notice of intent to claim paternity with the paternity registry, and skip to Respondent E. The paternity registrant is: PRINT the Paternity Registrant's full name.

Respondent E: Court-Ordered Relationships. Check this box if there are no court orders for custody or guardianship of the child(ren) or other court ordered relationships affecting the child(ren), and skip to Respondent F. PRINT the full name(s) of anyone with a court ordered relationship with the child(ren).

Out-of-State Respondents (Check one): Everyone involved in this case lives in Texas. Or if a Respondent does not live in Texas, print the FULL name of the Out-of-State Respondent. Note: If a Respondent does NOT live in Texas, you must also attach the Exhibit: Out-of-State Party Affidavit.

Biological Testing (Check one): Biological testing was done before this suit was filed. I ask that biological testing be ordered by the Court. Biological testing is not necessary at this time.

Paternity: I ask the court to establish the parent-child relationship between the child(ren) and: PRINT the full name of person you are asking the court to name as the father of the child(ren).

Conservatorship, Possession and Access, and Support (Check one): I am not asking the Court to make orders for conservatorship (custody), possession of and access to the child(ren), child support, or medical support at this time. (If you check this box, skip to section 9.) Or I ask the Court to make orders for conservatorship, (custody) possession of and access to the child(ren) (visitation), child support, and medical support for the child(ren).

Note: If your child(ren) have ever received Medicaid or TANF, you must send a copy of this Petition to the Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division.

Respectfully, SIGN in the Petitioner's Signature box and add the Date.

Certificate of Service to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG): Sign only if your child(ren) receive (or have received) Medicaid or TANF.

“I certify that a true copy of this Counter-Petition was served on the Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division* in person, by certified and first-class mail, by commercial delivery service, by fax, by email, or through the electronic file manager on this date.”