Tex. Family Code § 108.005
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 108.005, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 108.005. ADOPTION RECORDS RECEIVED BY VITAL STATISTICS UNIT.
Official statutory text
(a) When the vital statistics unit receives a record from the district clerk showing that continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child has been lost due to the adoption of the child, the unit shall close the records concerning that child.
(b) An inquiry concerning a child who has been adopted shall be handled as though the child had not previously been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
(b) An inquiry concerning a child who has been adopted shall be handled as though the child had not previously been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
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