{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.023","heading":"ADOPTION ORDER FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, an adoption order rendered to a resident of this state that is made by a foreign country shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if the order were rendered by a court in this state unless the adoption law or process of the foreign country violates the fundamental principles of human rights or the laws or public policy of this state.\n(b) A person who adopts a child in a foreign country may register the order in this state. A petition for registration of a foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition for a name change. If the court finds that the foreign adoption order meets the requirements of Subsection (a), the court shall order the state registrar to:\n(1) register the order under Chapter 192, Health and Safety Code; and\n(2) file a certificate of birth for the child under Section 192.006, Health and Safety Code.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 19, Sec. 1, 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 162. ADOPTION","SUBCHAPTER A. ADOPTION OF A CHILD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"483310d30eb72152652606fc09e14275e2aee0792f43638e27eb6709a09f46ab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}