HB1671 Relating to the establishment of parentage and the duty to pay retroactive child support, including the duty to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.

↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent model confidence 90%

Requires retroactive child support from the earliest possible date of conception (presumed reasonable), orders payment of prenatal/postnatal health expenses, and confirms a cumulative judgment, so more obligations for the paying parent.

it is presumed to be reasonable and in the best interest of the child for a court to order retroactive child support for the child beginning on the earliest possible date of the child's conception

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↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent model confidence 85%

Allows proceedings, genetic testing, and orders adjudicating parentage before birth (with limits), changes effective date of acknowledgments to filing, and requires orders to identify unborn child, so easier and earlier establishment of paternity obligations for the father.

A proceeding to determine parentage commenced before the birth of the child may not be concluded until after the birth of the child unless the pregnant mother commences the proceeding.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 80%

Defines support and orders from date of conception, requires identifying 'unborn child' and 'father of the unborn child' in pre-birth orders, and ties conception date to medical determination under Health and Safety Code, so expands legal recognition of the unborn as a rights-bearing entity from the

the earliest possible date of the child's conception, as determined by: (1) a physician using standard medical practice, as defined by Section 171.201, Health and Safety Code;

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