Tex. Fam. Code § 161.2062 · Subchapter C. HEARING AND ORDER
PROVISION FOR LIMITED CONTACT BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL PARENT AND CHILD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An order terminating the parent-child relationship may not require that a subsequent adoption order include terms regarding limited post-termination contact between the child and a biological parent.
(b) The inclusion of a requirement for post-termination contact described by Subsection (a) in a termination order does not:
(1) affect the finality of a termination or subsequent adoption order; or
(2) grant standing to a parent whose parental rights have been terminated to file any action under this title after the court renders a subsequent adoption order with respect to the child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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.161.htm
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