Texas Family Code - Section 162.409. Application
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§ 162.409. APPLICATION. (a) An application must contain:
(1) the name, address, and telephone number of the
applicant;
(2) any other name or alias by which the applicant has
been known;
(3) the age, date of birth, and place of birth of the
applicant;
(4) the original name of the adoptee, if known;
(5) the adoptive name of the adoptee, if known;
(6) a statement that the applicant is willing to allow
the applicant's identity to be disclosed to a registrant who is
eligible to learn the applicant's identity;
(7) the name, address, and telephone number of the
agency or other entity, organization, or person placing the adoptee
for adoption, if known, or, if not known, a statement that the
applicant does not know that information;
(8) an authorization to the administrator and the
administrator's designees to inspect all vital statistics records,
court records, and agency records, including confidential records,
relating to the birth, adoption, marriage, and divorce of the
applicant or to the birth and death of any child or sibling by birth
or adoption of the applicant;
(9) the specific address to which the applicant wishes
notice of a successful match to be mailed;
(10) a statement that the applicant either does or
does not consent to disclosure of identifying information about the
applicant after the applicant's death;
(11) a statement that the registration is to be
effective for 99 years or for a stated shorter period selected by
the applicant; and
(12) a statement that the adoptee applicant either
does or does not desire to be informed that registry records
indicate that the applicant has a biological sibling who has
registered under this subchapter.
(b) The application may contain the applicant's social
security number if the applicant, after being advised of the right
not to supply the number, voluntarily furnishes it.
(c) The application of a birth parent must include:
(1) the original name and date of birth or approximate
date of birth of each adoptee with respect to whom the parent is
registering;
(2) the names of all other birth children, including
maiden names, aliases, dates and places of birth, and names of the
birth parents;
(3) each name known or thought by the applicant to have
been used by the adoptee's other birth parent;
(4) the last known address of the adoptee's other birth
parent; and
(5) other available information through which the
other birth parent may be identified.
(d) The application of a biological sibling must include:
(1) a statement explaining the applicant's basis for
believing that the applicant has one or more biological siblings;
(2) the names, including maiden and married names, and
aliases of all the applicant's siblings by birth and adoption and
their dates and places of birth, if known;
(3) the names of the applicant's legal parents;
(4) the names of the applicant's birth parents, if
known; and
(5) any other information known to the applicant
through which the existence and identity of the applicant's
biological siblings can be confirmed.
(e) An application may also contain additional information
through which the applicant's identity and eligibility to register
may be ascertained.
(f) The administrator shall assist the applicant in filling
out the application if the applicant is unable to complete the
application without assistance, but the administrator may not
furnish the applicant with any substantive information necessary to
complete the application.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 968, § 5, eff. Sept. 1,
1995.
Section: 162.402 162.403 162.404 162.405 162.406 162.407 162.408 162.409 162.411 162.412 162.413 162.414 162.416 162.419 162.420
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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