Tex. Family Code § 162.0086
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 162.0086, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 162.0086. INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS.
Official statutory text
(a) The Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide information to each person seeking to adopt a child placed for adoption by the department regarding the right of a child's sibling to file a suit for access to the child under Sections 102.0045 and 153.551.
(b) The department may provide the information required under Subsection (a) on any form or application provided to prospective adoptive parents.
(b) The department may provide the information required under Subsection (a) on any form or application provided to prospective adoptive parents.
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