Texas Department of Human Resources v. Chapman

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The Texas Department of Human Resources sued Ricky L. Chapman under the provisions of Section 13.01 et seq. of the Texas Family Code to establish a parent-child relationship between Chapman and an illegitimate child. The department brought the action under an assignment from the child’s mother. Chapman filed a plea in bar asserting that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations set forth in Section 13.01 of the Texas Family Code, which provides that a suit to establish the parent-child relationship between an illegitimate child and the alleged natural parent must be…