Section 45.005 – Liabilities And Rights Unaffected

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas

A change of name does not:

(1) release a child from any liability incurred in the child’s previous name; or
(2) defeat any right the child had in the child’s previous name.

Tex. Fam. Code ยง 45.005

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.