Tex. Family Code § 162.023
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 162.023, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 162.023. ADOPTION ORDER FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, an adoption order rendered to a resident of this state that is made by a foreign country shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if the order were rendered by a court in this state unless the adoption law or process of the foreign country violates the fundamental principles of human rights or the laws or public policy of this state.
(b) A person who adopts a child in a foreign country may register the order in this state. A petition for registration of a foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition for a name change. If the court finds that the foreign adoption order meets the requirements of Subsection (a), the court shall order the state registrar to:
(1) register the order under Chapter 192, Health and Safety Code; and
(2) file a certificate of birth for the child under Section 192.006, Health and Safety Code.
(b) A person who adopts a child in a foreign country may register the order in this state. A petition for registration of a foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition for a name change. If the court finds that the foreign adoption order meets the requirements of Subsection (a), the court shall order the state registrar to:
(1) register the order under Chapter 192, Health and Safety Code; and
(2) file a certificate of birth for the child under Section 192.006, Health and Safety Code.
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