Tex. Family Code § 162.408
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 162.408, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 162.408. PROOF OF IDENTITY.
Official statutory text
The rules and minimum standards of the Department of State Health Services for the vital statistics unit must provide for proof of identity in order to facilitate the purposes of this subchapter and to protect the privacy rights of adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, biological siblings, and their families.
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