{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-161.2062","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 161.2062","heading":"PROVISION FOR LIMITED CONTACT BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL PARENT AND CHILD.","body":"(a) An order terminating the parent-child relationship may not require that a subsequent adoption order include terms regarding limited post-termination contact between the child and a biological parent.\n(b) The inclusion of a requirement for post-termination contact described by Subsection (a) in a termination order does not:\n(1) affect the finality of a termination or subsequent adoption order; or\n(2) grant standing to a parent whose parental rights have been terminated to file any action under this title after the court renders a subsequent adoption order with respect to the child.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["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 161. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBCHAPTER C. HEARING AND ORDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.161.htm#161.2062","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"5bb0c222eb4b63327fa9f501b6d6103924b61064bea826f021bde6fa0d8f5b51","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-161.2061","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-161.207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}