Tex.
Fam. Code Section 162.406
Registration Eligibility
(a)
An adoptee who is 18 years of age or older may apply to a registry for information about the adoptee’s birth parents and biological siblings.(b)
A birth parent who is 18 years of age or older may apply to a registry for information about an adoptee who is a child by birth of the birth parent.(c)
An alleged father who is 18 years of age or older and who acknowledges paternity but is not, at the time of application, a birth father may register as a birth father but may not otherwise be recognized as a birth father for the purposes of this subchapter unless:(1)
the adoptee’s birth mother in her application identifies him as the adoptee’s biological father; and(2)
additional information concerning the adoptee obtained from other sources is not inconsistent with his claim of paternity.(d)
A biological sibling who is 18 years of age or older may apply to a registry for information about the person’s adopted biological siblings.(e)
Only birth parents, adoptees, and biological siblings may apply for information through a registry.(f)
A person, including an authorized agency, may not apply for information through a registry as an agent, attorney, or representative of an adoptee, birth parent, or biological sibling.
Source:
Section 162.406 — Registration Eligibility, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.406 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).
