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Texas Family Code - Section 161.1035. Revocability Of Certain Affidavits

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§ 161.1035. REVOCABILITY OF CERTAIN AFFIDAVITS.  An 
affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights or affidavit of 
waiver of interest in a child that fails to state that the 
relinquishment or waiver is irrevocable for a stated time is:
		(1)  revocable only if the revocation is made before 
the 11th day after the date the affidavit is executed;  and
		(2)  irrevocable on or after the 11th day after the date 
the affidavit is executed.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.          

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