Texas Family Code - Section 102.0035. Statement To Confer Standing

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§ 102.0035. STATEMENT TO CONFER STANDING.  (a) A pregnant 
woman or a parent of a child may execute a statement to confer 
standing to a prospective adoptive parent as provided by this 
section to assert standing under Section 102.003(a)(14).  A 
statement to confer standing under this section may not be executed 
in a suit brought by a governmental entity under Chapter 262 or 263.
	(b)  A statement to confer standing must contain:                              
		(1)  the signature, name, age, and address of the 
person named as a prospective adoptive parent;
		(2)  the signature, name, age, and address of the 
pregnant woman or of the parent of the child who is consenting to 
the filing of a petition for adoption or to terminate the 
parent-child relationship as described by Subsection (a);
		(3)  the birth date of the child or the anticipated 
birth date if the child has not been born;  and
		(4)  the name of the county in which the suit will be 
filed.                
	(c)  The statement to confer standing must be attached to the 
petition in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.  The 
statement may not be used for any purpose other than to confer 
standing in a proceeding for adoption or to terminate the 
parent-child relationship.
	(d)  A statement to confer standing may be signed at any time 
during the pregnancy of the mother of the unborn child whose 
parental rights are to be terminated.
	(e)  A statement to confer standing is not required in a suit 
brought by a person who has standing to file a suit affecting the 
parent-child relationship under Sections 102.003(a)(1)-(13) or any 
other law under which the person has standing to file a suit.
	(f)  A person who executes a statement to confer standing may 
revoke the statement at any time before the person executes an 
affidavit for voluntary relinquishment of parental rights.  The 
revocation of the statement must be in writing and must be sent by 
certified mail, return receipt requested, to the prospective 
adoptive parent.
	(g)  On filing with the court proof of the delivery of the 
revocation of a statement to confer standing under Subsection (f), 
the court shall dismiss any suit affecting the parent-child 
relationship filed by the prospective adoptive parent named in the 
statement.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 37, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.            

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