Texas Family Code - Section 162.0065. Editing Adoption Records In Department Placement
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§ 162.0065. EDITING ADOPTION RECORDS IN DEPARTMENT
PLACEMENT. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
in an adoption in which a child is placed for adoption by the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, the department is
not required to edit records to protect the identity of birth
parents and other persons whose identity is confidential if the
department determines that information is already known to the
adoptive parents or is readily available through other sources,
including the court records of a suit to terminate the parent-child
relationship under Chapter 161.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 68, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: 161.211 162.001 162.002 162.003 162.0045 162.005 162.006 162.0065 162.007 162.008 162.0085 162.009 162.010 162.011 162.012
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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