Tex. Family Code § 162.012
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 162.012, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 162.012. DIRECT OR COLLATERAL ATTACK.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an adoption order is not subject to attack after six months after the date the order was signed.
(b) The validity of a final adoption order is not subject to attack because a health, social, educational, and genetic history was not filed.
(b) The validity of a final adoption order is not subject to attack because a health, social, educational, and genetic history was not filed.
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