{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.012","heading":"DIRECT OR COLLATERAL ATTACK.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an adoption order is not subject to attack after six months after the date the order was signed.\n(b) The validity of a final adoption order is not subject to attack because a health, social, educational, and genetic history was not filed.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 601, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.","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#162.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e217e78fdcf27a8e4233c02a8a99895b359e17ae1f1f75f37b0ab92dad058721","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}