Tex. Fam. Code § 162.0086 · Subchapter A. ADOPTION OF A CHILD
INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide information to each person seeking to adopt a child placed for adoption by the department regarding the right of a child's sibling to file a suit for access to the child under Sections 102.0045 and 153.551.
(b) The department may provide the information required under Subsection (a) on any form or application provided to prospective adoptive parents.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (S.B. 948), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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