{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-108.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 108.005","heading":"ADOPTION RECORDS RECEIVED BY VITAL STATISTICS UNIT.","body":"(a) When the vital statistics unit receives a record from the district clerk showing that continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child has been lost due to the adoption of the child, the unit shall close the records concerning that child.\n(b) An inquiry concerning a child who has been adopted shall be handled as though the child had not previously been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.037, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.038, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 108. CENTRAL RECORD FILE; VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.108.htm#108.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"388469b1ff539b569a01340a74b5e64150d1e4527e5b96f557b1d7e157234e43","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-108.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-108.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}