Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 162 - Adoption

Section 162.005. Preparation of Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report - Sec. 162.005. PREPARATION OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY...

Section 162.006. Access to Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report; Retention - Sec. 162.006. ACCESS TO HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY...

Section 162.0062. Access to Information - Sec. 162.0062. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 162.0065. Editing Adoption Records in Department Placement - Sec. 162.0065. EDITING ADOPTION RECORDS IN DEPARTMENT PLACEMENT. Notwithstanding any...

Section 162.007. Contents of Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report - Sec. 162.007. CONTENTS OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY...

Section 162.008. Filing of Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report - Sec. 162.008. FILING OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY...

Section 162.0085. Criminal History Report Required - Sec. 162.0085. CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORT REQUIRED. (a) In a suit...

Section 162.0086. Information Regarding Sibling Access - Sec. 162.0086. INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS. (a) The Department of...

Section 162.009. Residence With Petitioner - Sec. 162.009. RESIDENCE WITH PETITIONER. (a) The court may not...

Section 162.010. Consent Required - Sec. 162.010. CONSENT REQUIRED. (a) Unless the managing conservator is...

Section 162.011. Revocation of Consent - Sec. 162.011. REVOCATION OF CONSENT. At any time before an...

Section 162.012. Direct or Collateral Attack - Sec. 162.012. DIRECT OR COLLATERAL ATTACK. (a) Notwithstanding Rule 329,...

Section 162.013. Abatement or Dismissal - Sec. 162.013. ABATEMENT OR DISMISSAL. (a) If the sole petitioner...

Section 162.014. Attendance at Hearing Required - Sec. 162.014. ATTENDANCE AT HEARING REQUIRED. (a) If the joint...

Section 162.015. Race or Ethnicity - Sec. 162.015. RACE OR ETHNICITY. (a) In determining the best...

Section 162.016. Adoption Order - Sec. 162.016. ADOPTION ORDER. (a) If a petition requesting termination...

Section 162.017. Effect of Adoption - Sec. 162.017. EFFECT OF ADOPTION. (a) An order of adoption...

Section 162.019. Copy of Order - Sec. 162.019. COPY OF ORDER. A copy of the adoption...

Section 162.020. Withdrawal or Denial of Petition - Sec. 162.020. WITHDRAWAL OR DENIAL OF PETITION. If a petition...

Section 162.021. Sealing File - Sec. 162.021. SEALING FILE. (a) The court, on the motion...

Section 162.022. Confidentiality Maintained by Clerk - Sec. 162.022. CONFIDENTIALITY MAINTAINED BY CLERK. The records concerning a...

Section 162.023. Adoption Order From Foreign Country - Sec. 162.023. ADOPTION ORDER FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY. (a) Except as...

Section 162.025. Placement by Unauthorized Person; Offense - Sec. 162.025. PLACEMENT BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON; OFFENSE. (a) A person...

Section 162.026. Regulated Custody Transfer of Adopted Child - Sec. 162.026. REGULATED CUSTODY TRANSFER OF ADOPTED CHILD. A parent,...

Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

Article I. Purpose and Policy - It is the purpose and policy of the party states...

Article II. Definitions - As used in this compact: (a) "Child" means a person...

Article III. Conditions for Placement - (a) No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to...

Article IV. Penalty for Illegal Placement - The sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought...

Article V. Retention of Jurisdiction - (a) The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child...

Article VI. Institutional Care of Delinquent Children - A child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution...

Article VII. Compact Administrator - The executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact...

Article VIII. Limitations - This compact shall not apply to: (a) the sending or...

Article IX. Enactment and Withdrawal - This compact shall be open to joinder by any state,...

Article X. Construction and Severability

Section 162.103. Financial Responsibility for Child - Sec. 162.103. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILD. (a) Financial responsibility for...

Section 162.104. Approval of Placement - Sec. 162.104. APPROVAL OF PLACEMENT. The commissioner of the Department...

Section 162.105. Placement in Another State - Sec. 162.105. PLACEMENT IN ANOTHER STATE. A juvenile court may...

Section 162.106. Compact Authority - Sec. 162.106. COMPACT AUTHORITY. (a) The governor shall appoint the...

Section 162.107. Offenses; Penalties - Sec. 162.107. OFFENSES; PENALTIES. (a) An individual, agency, corporation, or...

Subchapter C. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance

Article I. Findings - The legislature finds that: (a) Finding adoptive families for children...

Article II. Purposes - The purposes of the compact are to: (a) authorize the...

Article III. Definitions - In this compact: (a) "Adoption assistance state" means the state...

Article IV. Compacts Authorized - The Department of Family and Protective Services, through its commissioner,...

Article V. Contents of Compacts - A compact entered into under the authority conferred by this...

Article VI. Optional Contents of Compacts - A compact entered into under the authority conferred by this...

Article VII. Medical Assistance - (a) A child with special needs who resides in this...

Article VIII. Federal Participation

Section 162.202. Authority of Department of Family and Protective Services - Sec. 162.202. AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES....

Section 162.203. Compact Administration - Sec. 162.203. COMPACT ADMINISTRATION. The commissioner of the Department of...

Section 162.204. Supplementary Agreements - Sec. 162.204. SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENTS. The compact administrator may enter into...

Section 162.205. Payments by State - Sec. 162.205. PAYMENTS BY STATE. The compact administrator, subject to...

Section 162.206. Penalties - Sec. 162.206. PENALTIES. A person who, under a compact entered...

Subchapter D. Adoption Services by the Department Of

Section 162.301. Definitions - Sec. 162.301. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Adoption assistance agreement"...

Section 162.3041. Continuation of Assistance After Child's 18th Birthday - Sec. 162.3041. CONTINUATION OF ASSISTANCE AFTER CHILD'S 18TH BIRTHDAY. (a)...

Section 162.306. Postadoption Services - Sec. 162.306. POSTADOPTION SERVICES. (a) The department may provide services...

Section 162.3085. Adoptive Placement in Compliance With Federal Law Required - Sec. 162.3085. ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW REQUIRED....

Subchapter E. Voluntary Adoption Registries

Section 162.401. Purpose - Sec. 162.401. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to...

Section 162.402. Definitions - Sec. 162.402. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Administrator" means the...

Section 162.403. Establishment of Voluntary Adoption Registries - Sec. 162.403. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRIES. (a) The vital...

Section 162.404. Requirement to Send Information to Central Registry - Sec. 162.404. REQUIREMENT TO SEND INFORMATION TO CENTRAL REGISTRY. An...

Section 162.405. Determination of Appropriate Registry - Sec. 162.405. DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE REGISTRY. (a) The administrator of...

Section 162.406. Registration Eligibility - Sec. 162.406. REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY. (a) An adoptee who is 18...

Section 162.407. Registration - Sec. 162.407. REGISTRATION. (a) The administrator shall require each registration...

Section 162.408. Proof of Identity - Sec. 162.408. PROOF OF IDENTITY. The rules and minimum standards...

Section 162.409. Application - Sec. 162.409. APPLICATION. (a) An application must contain: (1) the...

Section 162.411. Fees - Sec. 162.411. FEES. (a) The costs of establishing, operating, and...

Section 162.412. Supplemental Information - Sec. 162.412. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. (a) A registrant may amend the...

Section 162.413. Counseling - Sec. 162.413. COUNSELING. The applicant must participate in counseling for...

Section 162.414. Matching Procedures - Sec. 162.414. MATCHING PROCEDURES. (a) The administrator shall process each...

Section 162.416. Disclosure of Identifying Information - Sec. 162.416. DISCLOSURE OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. (a) When a match...

Section 162.419. Registry Records Confidential - Sec. 162.419. REGISTRY RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL. (a) All applications, registrations, records,...

Section 162.420. Rulemaking - Sec. 162.420. RULEMAKING. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health...

Section 162.421. Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties - Sec. 162.421. PROHIBITED ACTS; CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) This subchapter does...

Section 162.422. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 162.422. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) The Department of State...

Subchapter F. Adoption of an Adult

Section 162.501. Adoption of Adult - Sec. 162.501. ADOPTION OF ADULT. The court may grant the...

Section 162.502. Jurisdiction - Sec. 162.502. JURISDICTION. The petitioner shall file a suit to...

Section 162.503. Requirements of Petition - Sec. 162.503. REQUIREMENTS OF PETITION. (a) A petition to adopt...

Section 162.504. Consent - Sec. 162.504. CONSENT. A court may not grant an adoption...

Section 162.505. Attendance Required - Sec. 162.505. ATTENDANCE REQUIRED. The petitioner and the adult to...

Section 162.506. Adoption Order - Sec. 162.506. ADOPTION ORDER. (a) The court shall grant the...

Section 162.507. Effect of Adoption - Sec. 162.507. EFFECT OF ADOPTION. (a) The adopted adult is...

Subchapter G. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 162.601. Incentives for Licensed Child-Placing Agencies - Sec. 162.601. INCENTIVES FOR LICENSED CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES. (a) Subject to...

Section 162.602. Documentation to Accompany Petition for Adoption or Annulment or Revocation of Adoption - Sec. 162.602. DOCUMENTATION TO ACCOMPANY PETITION FOR ADOPTION OR ANNULMENT...

Section 162.603. Post-Adoption Support Information Provided by Licensed Child-Placing Agencies - Sec. 162.603. POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY LICENSED CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES....

Subchapter H. Embryo Donation Information

Section 162.701. Definitions - Sec. 162.701. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Department" means the...

Section 162.702. Information Regarding Embryo Donation - Sec. 162.702. INFORMATION REGARDING EMBRYO DONATION. The department shall post...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship Chapter 162 - Adoption

Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 162 - Adoption