Tex. Fam. Code § 102.005 · Chapter 102. FILING SUIT
STANDING TO REQUEST TERMINATION AND ADOPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An original suit requesting only an adoption or for termination of the parent-child relationship joined with a petition for adoption may be filed by:
(1) a stepparent of the child;
(2) an adult who, as the result of a placement for adoption, has had actual possession and control of the child at any time during the 30-day period preceding the filing of the petition; or
(3) an adult who has adopted, or is the foster parent of and has petitioned to adopt, a sibling of the child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758), Sec. 3(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 402 (H.B. 2350), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.102.htm
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