Texas Family Code Title 2, Chapter 34 - Authorization Agreement For Nonparent Relative

• Texas Section 34.001 - Applicability
  This chapter applies only to: (1) an authorization agreement between a parent of a child and a person who is the child's: (A) grandparent; (B)...
• Texas Section 34.0015 - Definition
  In this chapter, "parent" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.024. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 897 (S.B. 482), Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 34.002 - Authorization Agreement
  (a) A parent or both parents of a child may enter into an authorization agreement with a relative of the child listed in Section 34.001...
• Texas Section 34.0021 - Authorization Agreement By Parent In Child Protective Services Case
  A parent may enter into an authorization agreement with a relative or other person with whom a child is placed under a parental child safety...
• Texas Section 34.003 - Contents Of Authorization Agreement
  (a) The authorization agreement must contain: (1) the following information from the relative of the child to whom the parent is giving authorization: (A) the...
• Texas Section 34.004 - Execution Of Authorization Agreement
  (a) The authorization agreement must be signed and sworn to before a notary public by the parent and the relative. (b) A parent may not...
• Texas Section 34.005 - Duties Of Parties To Authorization Agreement
  (a) If both parents did not sign the authorization agreement, the parties shall mail a copy of the executed authorization agreement by certified mail, return...
• Texas Section 34.006 - Authorization Voidable
  An authorization agreement is voidable by a party if the other party knowingly: (1) obtained the authorization agreement by fraud, duress, or misrepresentation; or (2)...
• Texas Section 34.007 - Effect Of Authorization Agreement
  (a) A person who is not a party to the authorization agreement who relies in good faith on an authorization agreement under this chapter, without...
• Texas Section 34.008 - Termination Of Authorization Agreement
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an authorization agreement under this chapter terminates if, after the execution of the authorization agreement, a court enters...
• Texas Section 34.009 - Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) presents a document that is not a valid authorization agreement as a valid authorization...

Last modified: September 28, 2016