Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 181 - VITAL STATISTICS
Subchapter C - CENTRAL ADOPTION REGISTRY
Section 181.42 - Adoption Information by the Courts or Child-Placing Agencies

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 181.42

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) At the time an adoption order is rendered, the district court that grants the adoption shall provide to the adoptive parents information provided by the Vital Statistics Unit describing the functions of voluntary adoption registries. If the adopted child is 14 years of age or older, the court shall provide the information to the child.

(b) A licensed child-placing agency shall provide to each of the adopted child's known biological parents similar information when the parent signs an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights, an affidavit of status of child, or an affidavit of waiver of interest in a child.

(c) The information shall include the right of the child or biological parent to refuse to participate in the registry.

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