Tex. Fam. Code § 102.0035 · Chapter 102. FILING SUIT
STATEMENT TO CONFER STANDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A pregnant woman or a parent of a child may execute a statement to confer standing to a prospective adoptive parent as provided by this section to assert standing under Section 102.003(a)(13). A statement to confer standing under this section may not be executed in a suit brought by a governmental entity under Chapter 262 or 263.
(b) A statement to confer standing must contain:
(1) the signature, name, age, and address of the person named as a prospective adoptive parent;
(2) the signature, name, age, and address of the pregnant woman or of the parent of the child who is consenting to the filing of a petition for adoption or to terminate the parent-child relationship as described by Subsection (a);
(3) the birth date of the child or the anticipated birth date if the child has not been born; and
(4) the name of the county in which the suit will be filed.
(c) The statement to confer standing must be attached to the petition in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. The statement may not be used for any purpose other than to confer standing in a proceeding for adoption or to terminate the parent-child relationship.
(d) A statement to confer standing may be signed at any time during the pregnancy of the mother of the unborn child whose parental rights are to be terminated.
(e) A statement to confer standing is not required in a suit brought by a person who has standing to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under Sections 102.003(a)(1)-(12) and (14) or any other law under which the person has standing to file a suit.
(f) A person who executes a statement to confer standing may revoke the statement at any time before the person executes an affidavit for voluntary relinquishment of parental rights. The revocation of the statement must be in writing and must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the prospective adoptive parent.
(g) On filing with the court proof of the delivery of the revocation of a statement to confer standing under Subsection (f), the court shall dismiss any suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the prospective adoptive parent named in the statement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 37, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 402 (H.B. 2350), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.102.htm
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