Texas Family Code - Section 108.003. Transmittal Of Information Regarding Adoption

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§ 108.003. TRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION REGARDING 
ADOPTION.  (a) The clerk of a court that renders a decree of 
adoption shall, not later than the 10th day of the first month after 
the month in which the adoption is rendered, transmit to the central 
registry of the bureau of vital statistics certified report of 
adoption that includes:
		(1)  the name of the adopted child after adoption as 
shown in the adoption order;
		(2)  the birth date of the adopted child;                                     
		(3)  the docket number of the adoption suit;                                  
		(4)  the identity of the court rendering the adoption;                        
		(5)  the date of the adoption order;                                          
		(6)  the name and address of each parent, guardian, 
managing conservator, or other person whose consent to adoption was 
required or waived under Chapter 162, or whose parental rights were 
terminated in the adoption suit;
		(7)  the identity of the licensed child placing agency, 
if any, through which the adopted child was placed for adoption;  
and
		(8)  the identity, address, and telephone number of the 
registry through which the adopted child may register as an 
adoptee.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by law, for good cause 
shown, or on an order of the court that granted the adoption or 
terminated the proceedings under Section 155.001, the records 
concerning a child maintained by the district clerk after rendition 
of a decree of adoption, the records of a child-placing agency that 
has ceased operations, and the records required under this section 
to be maintained by the bureau of vital statistics are 
confidential, and no person is entitled to access to or information 
from these records.
	(c)  If the bureau of vital statistics determines that a 
report filed with the bureau under this section requires 
correction, the bureau shall mail the report directly to an 
attorney of record with respect to the adoption.  The attorney shall 
return the corrected report to the bureau.  If there is no attorney 
of record, the bureau shall mail the report to the clerk of the 
court for correction.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 6.16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1128, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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