§ 108.005. ADOPTION RECORDS RECEIVED BY BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS. (a) When the bureau of vital statistics receives a record from the district clerk showing that continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child has been lost due to the adoption of the child, the bureau shall close the records concerning that child. (b) An inquiry concerning a child who has been adopted shall be handled as though the child had not previously been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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