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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 162.025: PLACEMENT BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON; OFFENSE.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 162. ADOPTION
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. ADOPTION OF A CHILD

(a) A person who is not the natural or adoptive parent of the child, the legal guardian of the child, or a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, commits an offense if the person:

(1) serves as an intermediary between a prospective adoptive parent and an expectant parent or parent of a minor child to identify the parties to each other; or

(2) places a child for adoption.

(b) It is not an offense under this section if a professional provides legal or medical services to:

(1) a parent who identifies the prospective adoptive parent and places the child for adoption without the assistance of the professional; or

(2) a prospective adoptive parent who identifies a parent and receives placement of a child for adoption without the assistance of the professional.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 411, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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