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

Tex. Family Code § 162.503: REQUIREMENTS OF PETITION.

Where this section sits in the code

FAMILY CODE
TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
CHAPTER 162. ADOPTION
SUBCHAPTER F. ADOPTION OF AN ADULT

(a) A petition to adopt an adult shall be entitled "In the Interest of __________, An Adult."

(b) If the petitioner is married, both spouses must join in the petition for adoption.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

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