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TX Fam Code § 162.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.016. Adoption Order

Sec. 162.016.  ADOPTION ORDER.  (a)  If a petition requesting termination has been joined with a petition requesting adoption, the court shall also terminate the parent-child relationship at the same time the adoption order is rendered.  The court must make separate findings that the termination is in the best interest of the child and that the adoption is in the best interest of the child.(b)  If the court finds that the requirements for adoption have been met and the adoption is in the best interest of the child, the court shall grant the adoption.(c)  The name of the child may be changed in the order if requested.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 162.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.017. Effect of Adoption

Sec. 162.017.  EFFECT OF ADOPTION.  (a)  An order of adoption creates the parent-child relationship between the adoptive parent and the child for all purposes.(b)  An adopted child is entitled to inherit from and through the child's adoptive parents as though the child were the biological child of the parents.(c)  The terms "child," "descendant," "issue," and other terms indicating the relationship of parent and child include an adopted child unless the context or express language clearly indicates otherwise.(d)  Nothing in this chapter precludes or affects the rights of a biological or adoptive maternal or paternal grandparent to reasonable possession of or access to a grandchild, as provided in Chapter 153.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 916 (H.B. 260), Sec. 23, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Fam Code § 162.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.019. Copy of Order

Sec. 162.019.  COPY OF ORDER.  A copy of the adoption order is not required to be mailed to the parties as provided in Rules 119a and 239a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 162.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.020. Withdrawal or Denial of Petition

Sec. 162.020.  WITHDRAWAL OR DENIAL OF PETITION.  If a petition requesting adoption is withdrawn or denied, the court may order the removal of the child from the proposed adoptive home if removal is in the child's best interest and may enter any order necessary for the welfare of the child.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 162.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.021. Sealing File

Sec. 162.021.  SEALING FILE.  (a)  The court, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, may order the sealing of the file and the minutes of the court, or both, in a suit requesting an adoption.(b)  Rendition of the order does not relieve the clerk from the duty to send information regarding adoption to the vital statistics unit as required by this subchapter and Chapter 108.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 78, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.097, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 162.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.022. Confidentiality Maintained by Clerk

Sec. 162.022.  CONFIDENTIALITY MAINTAINED BY CLERK.  The records concerning a child maintained by the district clerk after entry of an order of adoption are confidential.  No person is entitled to access to the records or may obtain information from the records except for good cause under an order of the court that issued the order.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.|
TX Fam Code § 162.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.023. Adoption Order From Foreign Country

Sec. 162.023.  ADOPTION ORDER FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, an adoption order rendered to a resident of this state that is made by a foreign country shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if the order were rendered by a court in this state unless the adoption law or process of the foreign country violates the fundamental principles of human rights or the laws or public policy of this state.(b)  A person who adopts a child in a foreign country may register the order in this state.  A petition for registration of a foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition for a name change.  If the court finds that the foreign adoption order meets the requirements of Subsection (a), the court shall order the state registrar to:(1)  register the order under Chapter 192, Health and Safety Code;  and(2)  file a certificate of birth for the child under Section 192.006, Health and Safety Code.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 19, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Fam Code § 162.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.025. Placement by Unauthorized Person; Offense

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.|
TX Fam Code § 162.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter A. Adoption of a Child|Section 162.026. Regulated Custody Transfer of Adopted Child

Sec. 162.026.  REGULATED CUSTODY TRANSFER OF ADOPTED CHILD.  A parent, managing conservator, or guardian of an adopted child may not transfer permanent physical custody of the child to any person who is not a relative or stepparent of the child or an adult who has a significant and long-standing relationship with the child unless:(1)  the parent, managing conservator, or guardian files a petition with a court of competent jurisdiction requesting a transfer of custody; and(2)  the court approves the petition.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 985 (H.B. 834), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code art I (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article I. Purpose and Policy

It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that:(a)  Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care.(b)  The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child.(c)  The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis on which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made.(d)  Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted.
TX Fam Code art II (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article II. Definitions

As used in this compact:(a)  "Child" means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship, or similar control.(b)  "Sending agency" means a party state, officer, or employee thereof;  a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof;  a court of a party state;  a person, corporation, association, charitable agency, or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state.(c)  "Receiving state" means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons.(d)  "Placement" means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective, or epileptic or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.
TX Fam Code art III (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article III. Conditions for Placement

(a)  No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this article and with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement of children therein.(b)  Prior to sending, bringing, or causing any child to be sent or brought into a receiving state for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption, the sending agency shall furnish the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place the child in the receiving state.  The notice shall contain:(1)  the name, date, and place of birth of the child;(2)  the identity and address or addresses of the parents or legal guardian;(3)  the name and address of the person, agency, or institution to or with which the sending agency proposes to send, bring, or place the child;(4)  a full statement of the reasons for such proposed action and evidence of the authority pursuant to which the placement is proposed to be made.(c)  Any public officer or agency in a receiving state which is in receipt of a notice pursuant to Paragraph (b) of this article may request of the sending agency, or any other appropriate officer or agency of or in the sending agency's state, and shall be entitled to receive therefrom, such supporting or additional information as it may deem necessary under the circumstances to carry out the purpose and policy of this compact.(d)  The child shall not be sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into the receiving state until the appropriate public authorities in the receiving state shall notify the sending agency, in writing, to the effect that the proposed placement does not appear to be contrary to the interests of the child.
TX Fam Code art IV (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article IV. Penalty for Illegal Placement

The sending, bringing, or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state of a child in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a violation of the laws respecting the placement of children of both the state in which the sending agency is located or from which it sends or brings the child and of the receiving state.  Such violation may be punished or subjected to penalty in either jurisdiction in accordance with its laws.  In addition to liability for any such punishment or penalty, any such violation shall constitute full and sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of any license, permit, or other legal authorization held by the sending agency which empowers or allows it to place or care for children.
TX Fam Code art V (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article V. Retention of Jurisdiction

(a)  The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment, and disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending agency's state, until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting, or is discharged with the concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state.  Such jurisdiction shall also include the power to effect or cause the return of the child or its transfer to another location and custody pursuant to law.  The sending agency shall continue to have financial responsibility for support and maintenance of the child during the period of the placement.  Nothing contained herein shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving state sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency or crime committed therein.(b)  When the sending agency is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement with an authorized public or private agency in the receiving state providing for the performance of one or more services in respect of such case by the latter as agent for the sending agency.(c)  Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable agency authorized to place children in the receiving state from performing services or acting as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the sending state;  nor to prevent the agency in the receiving state from discharging financial responsibility for the support and maintenance of a child who has been placed on behalf of the sending agency without relieving the responsibility set forth in Paragraph (a) hereof.
TX Fam Code art VI (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article VI. Institutional Care of Delinquent Children

A child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but no such placement shall be made unless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard, prior to his being sent to such other party jurisdiction for institutional care and the court finds that:(1)  equivalent facilities for the child are not available in the sending agency's jurisdiction;  and(2)  institutional care in the other jurisdiction is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship.
TX Fam Code art VII (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article VII. Compact Administrator

The executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact shall designate an officer who shall be general coordinator of activities under this compact in his jurisdiction and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party jurisdictions, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact.
TX Fam Code art VIII (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article VIII. Limitations

This compact shall not apply to:(a)  the sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by his parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or his guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state;  or(b)  any placement, sending, or bringing of a child into a receiving state pursuant to any other interstate compact to which both the state from which the child is sent or brought and the receiving state are party, or to any other agreement between said states which has the force of law.
TX Fam Code art IX (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter B. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children|Article IX. Enactment and Withdrawal

This compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, with the consent of congress, the government of Canada or any province thereof.  It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction when such jurisdiction has enacted the same into law.  Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same, but shall not take effect until two years after the effective date of such statute and until written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the governor of each other party jurisdiction.  Withdrawal of a party state shall not affect the rights, duties, and obligations under this compact of any sending agency therein with respect to a placement made prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
TX Fam Code art I (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter C. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|Article I. Findings

The legislature finds that:(a)  Finding adoptive families for children for whom state assistance is desirable, under Subchapter D, Chapter 162, and assuring the protection of the interest of the children affected during the entire assistance period require special measures when the adoptive parents move to other states or are residents of another state.(b)  The provision of medical and other necessary services for children, with state assistance, encounters special difficulties when the provision of services takes place in other states.
TX Fam Code art II (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter C. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|Article II. Purposes

The purposes of the compact are to:(a)  authorize the Department of Family and Protective Services, with the concurrence of the Health and Human Services Commission, to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services; and(b)  provide procedures for interstate children's adoption assistance payments, including medical payments.
TX Fam Code art III (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter C. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|Article III. Definitions

In this compact:(a)  "Adoption assistance state" means the state that signs an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.(b)  "Residence state" means the state in which the child resides by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.(c)  "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or a territory or possession administered by the United States.
TX Fam Code art IV (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Chapter 162 - Adoption|Subchapter C. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|Article IV. Compacts Authorized

The Department of Family and Protective Services, through its commissioner, is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes of this compact.  An interstate compact authorized by this article has the force and effect of law.