{"id":1340,"date":"2019-07-03T09:38:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:38:24","slug":"divorcing-while-pregnant-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/divorcing-while-pregnant-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorcing While Pregnant in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courts will not generally grant a Texas divorce during the pregnancy of a spouse.\u00a0 Courts want to address all of the issues in the final divorce decree, including paternity, custody, and child support, and they cannot do that until the child is born.<\/p>\n<p>Although courts are unlikely to grant the divorce during a pregnancy, that does not mean a spouse should wait until the child is born to file for divorce.\u00a0 Texas has a waiting period of 60 days, meaning courts cannot issue a final divorce decree until at least 60 days have passed since the case was filed, except in certain cases involving family violence.\u00a0 The paperwork can be filed and the process initiated during the pregnancy.\u00a0 The parties can go ahead and start negotiating the terms of the divorce and try to work out any issues on which they agree. \u00a0If the parties do not agree on significant issues, the process could take several months and waiting until the child is born to file for divorce will just prolong these delays.<\/p>\n<p>Texas family law has a presumption of paternity, meaning the husband is generally presumed to be the father of a child born during the marriage or within 300 days after the divorce; <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/texas\/2017\/family-code\/title-5\/subtitle-b\/chapter-160\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Family Code \u00a7160.204<\/a>. In some cases, however, the husband may not be the biological father of the child. If the husband is not actually the biological father, the presumption can be rebutted in two ways.\u00a0 First, the husband can file a valid denial of paternity in conjunction with someone else filing a valid acknowledgement of paternity to establish the other person is the child\u2019s father.\u00a0 This method requires the husband, the mother, and the other man to all agree that the other man is the child\u2019s father.\u00a0 Otherwise, the presumption may only be rebutted by an adjudication of paternity.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/divorcing-while-pregnant-in-texas\/#more-1340\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courts will not generally grant a Texas divorce during the pregnancy of a spouse.\u00a0 Courts want to address all of the issues in the final divorce decree, including paternity, custody, and child support, and they cannot do that until the child is born. 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