Texas Family Code - Section 162.018. Access To Information
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§ 162.018. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. (a) The adoptive
parents are entitled to receive copies of the records and other
information relating to the history of the child maintained by the
department, licensed child-placing agency, person, or entity
placing the child for adoption.
(b) The adoptive parents and the adopted child, after the
child is an adult, are entitled to receive copies of the records
that have been edited to protect the identity of the biological
parents and any other person whose identity is confidential and
other information relating to the history of the child maintained
by the department, licensed child-placing agency, person, or entity
placing the child for adoption.
(c) It is the duty of the person or entity placing the child
for adoption to edit the records and information to protect the
identity of the biological parents and any other person whose
identity is confidential.
(d) At the time an adoption order is rendered, the court
shall provide to the parents of an adopted child information
provided by the bureau of vital statistics that describes the
functions of the voluntary adoption registry under Subchapter E.
The licensed child-placing agency shall provide to each of the
child's biological parents known to the agency, the information
when the parent signs an affidavit of relinquishment of parental
rights, affidavit of status of child, or affidavit of waiver of
interest in a child. The information shall include the right of the
child or biological parent to refuse to participate in the
registry. If the adopted child is 14 years old or older the court
shall provide the information to the child.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, § 17, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Section: 162.011 162.012 162.013 162.014 162.015 162.016 162.017 162.018 162.019 162.020 162.021 162.022 162.023 162.025 162.101
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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