Texas Family Code - Section 162.403. Establishment Of Voluntary Adoption Registries
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§ 162.403. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTARY ADOPTION
REGISTRIES. (a) The bureau shall establish and maintain a mutual
consent voluntary adoption registry.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an agency
authorized by the department to place children for adoption and an
association comprised exclusively of those agencies may establish a
mutual consent voluntary adoption registry. An agency may contract
with any other agency authorized by the department to place
children for adoption or with an association comprised exclusively
of those agencies to perform registry services on its behalf.
(c) An authorized agency that did not directly or by
contract provide registry services as required by this subchapter
on January 1, 1984, may not provide its own registry service. The
bureau shall operate through the central registry those services
for agencies not permitted to provide a registry under this
section.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, § 20, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Section: 162.3041 162.305 162.306 162.308 162.309 162.401 162.402 162.403 162.404 162.405 162.406 162.407 162.408 162.409 162.411
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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