{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.021","heading":"SEALING FILE.","body":"(a) The court, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, may order the sealing of the file and the minutes of the court, or both, in a suit requesting an adoption.\n(b) Rendition of the order does not relieve the clerk from the duty to send information regarding adoption to the vital statistics unit as required by this subchapter and Chapter 108.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 78, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.097, eff. April 2, 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#162.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"5c4cbd7fb7d0438f72652304a0781ebf6fef257a9e5f6b344fa5d97670d69d05","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.020","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}