Section 160.602 - Standing to Maintain Proceeding(a) Subject to Subchapter D and Sections 160.607 and 160.609 and except as provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained by: (2) the mother of the child;(3) a man whose paternity of the child is to be adjudicated;(4) the support enforcement agency or another government agency authorized by other law;(5) an authorized adoption agency or licensed child-placing agency;(6) a representative authorized by law to act for an individual who would otherwise be entitled to maintain a proceeding but who is deceased, is incapacitated, or is a minor;(7) a person related within the second degree by consanguinity to the mother of the child, if the mother is deceased; or(8) a person who is an intended parent.(b) After the date a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father becomes an adult, a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of the adult child may only be maintained by the adult child.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2003Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. 6/14/2001.