Tex. Fam. Code § 162.013 · Subchapter A. ADOPTION OF A CHILD

ABATEMENT OR DISMISSAL.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) If the sole petitioner dies or the joint petitioners die, the court shall dismiss the suit for adoption.

(b) If one of the joint petitioners dies, the proceeding shall continue uninterrupted.

(c) If the joint petitioners divorce, the court shall abate the suit for adoption. The court shall dismiss the petition unless the petition is amended to request adoption by one of the original petitioners.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm
Text hash: sha256 f39a9ff950e8a89a550e204c2a70442cde8eaca9bc4489b4efe39c9782b147c4
Composed by: compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character

Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.