Sec. 162.0086. INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS. (a) The Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide information to each person seeking to adopt a child placed for adoption by the department regarding the right of a child's sibling to file a suit for access to the child under Sections 102.0045 and 153.551.
(b) The department may provide the information required under Subsection (a) on any form or application provided to prospective adoptive parents.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (S.B. 948), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child
Section 162.001. Who May Adopt and Be Adopted
Section 162.002. Prerequisites to Petition
Section 162.0025. Adoption Sought by Military Service Member
Section 162.003. Adoption Evaluation
Section 162.0045. Preferential Setting
Section 162.005. Preparation of Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report
Section 162.006. Access to Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report; Retention
Section 162.0062. Access to Information
Section 162.0065. Editing Adoption Records in Department Placement
Section 162.007. Contents of Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report
Section 162.008. Filing of Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report
Section 162.0085. Criminal History Report Required
Section 162.0086. Information Regarding Sibling Access
Section 162.009. Residence With Petitioner
Section 162.010. Consent Required
Section 162.011. Revocation of Consent
Section 162.012. Direct or Collateral Attack
Section 162.013. Abatement or Dismissal
Section 162.014. Attendance at Hearing Required
Section 162.015. Race or Ethnicity
Section 162.016. Adoption Order
Section 162.017. Effect of Adoption
Section 162.019. Copy of Order
Section 162.020. Withdrawal or Denial of Petition
Section 162.022. Confidentiality Maintained by Clerk
Section 162.023. Adoption Order From Foreign Country
Section 162.025. Placement by Unauthorized Person; Offense
Section 162.026. Regulated Custody Transfer of Adopted Child