{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.0045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.0045","heading":"PREFERENTIAL SETTING.","body":"The court shall grant a motion for a preferential setting for a final hearing on an adoption and shall give precedence to that hearing over all other civil cases not given preference by other law if the adoption evaluation has been filed and the criminal history for the person seeking to adopt the child has been obtained.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1252 (H.B. 1449), Sec. 3.04, eff. September 1, 2015.","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 162. ADOPTION","SUBCHAPTER A. ADOPTION OF A CHILD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.0045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"697e415fa0a032fdb23bcc5db79fe56389ecac4ab3a935bc72a30124ea91612e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}