Texas Family Code - Section 162.0085. Criminal History Report Required
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§ 162.0085. CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORT REQUIRED. (a) In a
suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which an adoption
is sought, the court shall order each person seeking to adopt the
child to obtain that person's own criminal history record
information. The court shall accept under this section a person's
criminal history record information that is provided by the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or by a licensed
child-placing agency that received the information from the
department if the information was obtained not more than one year
before the date the court ordered the history to be obtained.
(b) A person required to obtain information under
Subsection (a) shall obtain the information in the manner provided
by Section 411.128, Government Code.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 75, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 908, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended
by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, § 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 162.003 162.0045 162.005 162.006 162.0065 162.007 162.008 162.0085 162.009 162.010 162.011 162.012 162.013 162.014 162.015
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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