Texas Family Code - Section 45.103. Order
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§ 45.103. ORDER. (a) The court shall order a change of
name under this subchapter for a person other than a person with a
final felony conviction or a person subject to the registration
requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the
change is in the interest or to the benefit of the petitioner and in
the interest of the public.
(b) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter
for a person with a final felony conviction if, in addition to the
requirements of Subsection (a), the person has:
(1) received a certificate of discharge by the pardons
and paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or
completed a period of probation ordered by a court and not less than
two years have passed from the date of the receipt of discharge or
completion of probation; or
(2) been pardoned.
(c) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter
for a person subject to the registration requirements of Chapter
62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if, in addition to the requirements
of Subsection (a), the person provides the court with proof that the
person has notified the appropriate local law enforcement authority
of the proposed name change. In this subsection, "local law
enforcement authority" has the meaning assigned by Article 62.001,
Code of Criminal Procedure.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20,
1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1300, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1008, § 2.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 45.001 45.002 45.003 45.004 45.005 45.101 45.102 45.103 45.104 45.105 45.106 51.01 51.02 51.03 51.031
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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