Sec. 162.025. PLACEMENT BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON; OFFENSE. (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 under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, commits an offense if the person:
(1) serves as an intermediary between a prospective adoptive parent and an expectant parent or parent of a minor child to identify the parties to each other; or
(2) places a child for adoption.
(b) It is not an offense under this section if a professional provides legal or medical services to:
(1) a parent who identifies the prospective adoptive parent and places the child for adoption without the assistance of the professional; or
(2) a prospective adoptive parent who identifies a parent and receives placement of a child for adoption without the assistance of the professional.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 411, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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