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Texas Family Code - Chapter 162 AdoptionLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Family Code > Texas Family Code - Chapter 162 Adoption Sponsored Links(a) Subject to the requirements for standing to sue in Chapter 102, an adult may petition to adopt a child who may be adopted. (b) ... (a) If a petitioner is married, both spouses must join in the petition for adoption. (b) A petition in a suit for adoption or a ... In a suit for adoption, a pre-adoptive home screening and post-placement report must be conducted as provided in Chapter 107. Added by Acts 1995, 74th ... The court shall grant a motion for a preferential setting for a final hearing on an adoption and shall give precedence to that hearing over ... (a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the child's: (1) grandparent; (2) aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior adoption; or ... (a) The department, licensed child-placing agency, person, or entity placing a child for adoption shall inform the prospective adoptive parents of their right to examine ... Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in an adoption in which a child is placed for adoption by the Department of Protective and Regulatory ... (a) The health history of the child must include information about: (1) the child's health status at the time of placement; (2) the child's birth, ... (a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the child's: (1) grandparent; (2) aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior adoption; or ... (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 ... (a) The court may not grant an adoption until the child has resided with the petitioner for not less than six months. (b) On request ... (a) Unless the managing conservator is the petitioner, the written consent of a managing conservator to the adoption must be filed. The court may waive ... At any time before an order granting the adoption of the child is rendered, a consent required by Section 162.010 may be revoked by filing ... (a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an adoption order is not subject to attack after six months after the ... (a) If the sole petitioner dies or the joint petitioners die, the court shall dismiss the suit for adoption. (b) If one of the joint ... (a) If the joint petitioners are husband and wife and it would be unduly difficult for one of the petitioners to appear at the hearing, ... (a) In determining the best interest of the child, the court may not deny or delay the adoption or otherwise discriminate on the basis of ... (a) If a petition requesting termination has been joined with a petition requesting adoption, the court shall also terminate the parent-child relationship at the same ... (a) An order of adoption creates the parent-child relationship between the adoptive parent and the child for all purposes. (b) An adopted child is entitled ... (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 ... A copy of the adoption order is not required to be mailed to the parties as provided in Rules 119a and 239a, Texas Rules of ... If a petition requesting adoption is withdrawn or denied, the court may order the removal of the child from the proposed adoptive home if removal ... (a) The court, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, may order the sealing of the file and the minutes ... The records concerning a child maintained by the district clerk after entry of an order of adoption are confidential. No person is entitled to access ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, an adoption order rendered to a resident of this state that is made by a foreign country shall ... (a) A person who is not the natural or adoptive parent of the child, the legal guardian of the child, or a child-placing agency licensed ... In this subchapter: (1) "Appropriate public authorities," with reference to this state, means the executive director. (2) "Appropriate authority in the receiving state," with reference ... The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is adopted by this state and entered into with all other jurisdictions in form substantially as provided ... (a) Financial responsibility for a child placed as provided in the compact is determined, in the first instance, as provided in Article V of the ... The executive director may not approve the placement of a child in this state without the concurrence of the individuals with whom the child is ... A juvenile court may place a delinquent child in an institution in another state as provided by Article VI of the compact. After placement in ... (a) The governor shall appoint the executive director of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services as compact administrator. (b) The executive director shall designate ... (a) An individual, agency, corporation, or child-care facility that violates a provision of the compact commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a ... The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is adopted by this state and entered into with all other jurisdictions joining in the compact in ... The Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, with the concurrence of the Health and Human Services Commission, may develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, ... The executive director of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall serve as the compact administrator. The administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, ... The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under the compact. If a supplementary agreement requires or authorizes the ... The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the chief state fiscal officer, may make or arrange for payments necessary to discharge financial obligations imposed ... A person who, under a compact entered into under this subchapter, knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain or aids or abets any person in obtaining, ... In this subchapter: (1) "Adoption assistance agreement" means a written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement, between the department and the prospective adoptive ... (a) The department shall administer a program designed to promote the adoption of children by providing information to prospective adoptive parents concerning the availability and ... The department, county child-care or welfare units, and licensed child-placing agencies shall disseminate information to prospective adoptive parents concerning the availability and needs of children ... (a) The department shall enter into adoption assistance agreements with the adoptive parents of a child as authorized by Part E of Title IV of ... (a) The department shall, in accordance with department rules, offer adoption assistance after a child's 18th birthday to the child's adoptive parents under an existing ... The department and other state agencies shall actively seek and use federal funds available for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th ... (a) The department may provide services after adoption to adoptees and adoptive families for whom the department provided services before the adoption. (b) The department ... (a) The department, a county child-care or welfare unit, or a licensed child-placing agency may not make an adoption placement decision on the presumption that ... (a) An advisory committee on promoting the adoption of and provision of services to minority children is established within the department. (b) The committee is ... The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the establishment of mutual consent voluntary adoption registries through which adoptees, birth parents, and biological siblings ... In this subchapter: (1) "Administrator" means the administrator of a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry established under this subchapter. (2) "Adoptee" means a person 18 ... (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 ... An authorized agency that is permitted to provide a registry under this subchapter or that participates in a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry with an ... (a) The administrator of the central registry shall determine the appropriate registry to which an applicant is entitled to apply. (b) On receiving an inquiry ... (a) An adoptee who is 18 years of age or older may apply to a registry for information about the adoptee's birth parents and biological ... (a) The administrator shall require each registration applicant to sign a written application. (b) An adoptee adopted or placed through an authorized agency may register ... The rules and minimum standards of the Texas Board of Health for the bureau must provide for proof of identity in order to facilitate the ... (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 ... (a) The costs of establishing, operating, and maintaining a registry may be recovered in whole or in part through users' fees charged to applicants and ... (a) A registrant may amend the registrant's registration and submit additional information to the administrator. A registrant shall notify the administrator of any change in ... The applicant must participate in counseling for not less than one hour with a social worker or mental health professional with expertise in postadoption counseling ... (a) The administrator shall process each registration in an attempt to match the adoptee and the adoptee's birth parents or the adoptee and the adoptee's ... (a) When a match has been made and confirmed to the administrator's satisfaction, the administrator shall mail to each registrant, at the registrant's last known ... (a) All applications, registrations, records, and other information submitted to, obtained by, or otherwise acquired by a registry are confidential and may not be disclosed ... (a) The Texas Board of Health shall make rules and adopt minimum standards for the bureau to: (1) administer the provisions of this subchapter; and ... (a) This subchapter does not prevent the bureau from making known to the public, by appropriate means, the existence of voluntary adoption registries. (b) Information ... (a) The bureau or authorized agency establishing or operating a registry is not liable to any person for obtaining or disclosing identifying information about a ... The court may grant the petition of an adult residing in this state to adopt another adult according to this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, ... The petitioner shall file a suit to adopt an adult in the district court or a statutory county court granted jurisdiction in family law cases ... (a) A petition to adopt an adult shall be entitled "In the Interest of __________, An Adult." (b) If the petitioner is married, both spouses ... A court may not grant an adoption unless the adult consents in writing to be adopted by the petitioner. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ... The petitioner and the adult to be adopted must attend the hearing. For good cause shown, the court may waive this requirement, by written order, ... (a) The court shall grant the adoption if the court finds that the requirements for adoption of an adult are met. (b) Notwithstanding that both ... (a) The adopted adult is the son or daughter of the adoptive parents for all purposes. (b) The adopted adult is entitled to inherit from ... (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall pay, in addition to any other amounts due, a monetary ... At the time a petition for adoption or annulment or revocation of adoption is filed, the petitioner shall also file completed documentation that may be ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |