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Tex. Family Code § 162.404 Requirement To Send Information To Central Registry
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Sec. 162.404. REQUIREMENT TO SEND INFORMATION TO CENTRAL REGISTRY. An authorized agency that is permitted to provide a registry under this subchapter or that participates in a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry with an association of authorized agencies shall send to the …
Tex. Family Code § 162.405 Determination of Appropriate Registry
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Sec. 162.405. DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE REGISTRY. (a) The administrator of the central registry shall determine the appropriate registry to which an applicant is entitled to apply. (b) On receiving an inquiry by an adoptee, birth parent, or sibling who has provided satisfactor…
Tex. Family Code § 162.406 Registration Eligibility
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Sec. 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 abo…
Tex. Family Code § 162.407 Registration
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Sec. 162.407. REGISTRATION. (a) The administrator shall require each registration applicant to sign a written application. (b) An adoptee adopted or placed through an authorized agency may register through the registry maintained by that agency or the registry to which the agency…