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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 11:12:21+00:00

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Adoptions - Kevin J. Schmid & Associates, P.C.
(4) the child is at least two years old, the parent-child relationship has been terminated with respect to one parent, and the person seeking the adoption is the child’s former stepparent and has been a managing conservator or has had actual care, possession, and control of the child for a period of one year preceding the adoption.
§ 162.002. PREREQUISITES TO PETITION.
(2) if there has not been compliance with Subchapter B, a verified statement of the particular reasons for noncompliance. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
§ 162.003. PRE-ADOPTIVE HOME SCREENING AND POST-PLACEMENT REPORT.
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 Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 800, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 133, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
§ 162.005. PREPARATION OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY REPORT.
(b) Before placing a child for adoption, the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, a licensed child-placing agency, or the child’s parent or guardian shall compile a report on the available health, social, educational, and genetic history of the child to be adopted.
(d) If the child has been placed for adoption by a person or entity other than the department, a licensed child-placing agency, or the child’s parent or guardian, it is the duty of the person or entity who places the child for adoption to prepare the report.
§ 162.0085. CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORT REQUIRED.
(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 to obtain that person’s own criminal history record information. The court shall accept under this section a person’s criminal history record information that is provided by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or by a licensed child-placing agency that received the information from the department if the information was obtained not more than one year before the date the court ordered the history to be obtained.
§ 162.009. RESIDENCE WITH PETITIONER.
(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 of the petitioner, the court may waive the residence requirement if the waiver is in the best interest of the child. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
(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 the requirement of consent by the managing conservator if the court finds that the consent is being refused or has been revoked without good cause. A hearing on the issue of consent shall be conducted by the court without a jury.
(c) A child 12 years of age or older must consent to the adoption in writing or in court. The court may waive this requirement if it would serve the child’s best interest.

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