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Texas Family Code - Section 161.206. Order Terminating Parental Rights

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§ 161.206. ORDER TERMINATING PARENTAL RIGHTS.  (a) If the 
court finds by clear and convincing evidence grounds for 
termination of the parent-child relationship, it shall render an 
order terminating the parent-child relationship.
	(b)  Except as provided by Section 161.2061, an order 
terminating the parent-child relationship divests the parent and 
the child of all legal rights and duties with respect to each other, 
except that the child retains the right to inherit from and through 
the parent unless the court otherwise provides.
	(c)  Nothing in this chapter precludes or affects the rights 
of a biological or adoptive maternal or paternal grandparent to 
reasonable access under Chapter 153.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 709, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 72, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 561, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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