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| 6.__Commence.__"Commence" means to file the initial pleading | seeking an adjudication of parentage in the District Court. |
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| | 7.__Determination of parentage.__"Determination of parentage" | means the establishment of the parent-child relationship by the | signing of a valid acknowledgment of paternity under subchapter 3 | or adjudication by the court. |
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| | 8.__Donor.__"Donor" means an individual who produces eggs or | sperm used for assisted reproduction, whether or not for | consideration. "Donor" does not mean: |
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| A.__A husband who provides sperm, or a wife who provides | eggs, to be used for assisted reproduction by the wife; |
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| B.__A woman who gives birth to a child by means of assisted | reproduction, except as otherwise provided in subchapter 8; | or |
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| C.__A parent under subchapter 7 or an intended parent under | subchapter 8. |
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| | 9.__Ethnic or racial group.__"Ethnic or racial group" means, | for purposes of genetic testing, a recognized group that an | individual identifies as all or part of the individual's ancestry | or that is so identified by other information. |
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| | 10.__Genetic testing.__"Genetic testing" means an analysis of | genetic markers to exclude or identify a man as the father or a | woman as the mother of a child. "Genetic testing" includes an | analysis of one or a combination of the following: |
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| A.__Deoxyribonucleic acid; and |
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| B.__Blood group antigens, red cell antigens, human leukocyte | antigens, serum enzymes, serum proteins or red cell enzymes. |
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| | 11.__Gestational mother.__"Gestational mother" means an adult | woman who gives birth to a child under a gestational agreement. |
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| | 12.__Man.__"Man" means a male individual of any age. |
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| | 13.__Parent.__"Parent" means an individual who has established | a parent-child relationship under section 1841. |
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| | 14.__Parent-child relationship.__"Parent-child relationship" | means the legal relationship between a child and a parent of the | child as established under section 1841. |
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