{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.301","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.301","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Adoption assistance agreement\" means a written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement, between the Department of Family and Protective Services and the prospective adoptive parents that specifies the nature and amount of any payment, services, or assistance to be provided under the agreement and stipulates that the agreement will remain in effect without regard to the state in which the prospective adoptive parents reside at any particular time.\n(2) \"Child\" means a child who cannot be placed for adoption with appropriate adoptive parents without the provision of adoption assistance because of factors including ethnic background, age, membership in a minority or sibling group, the presence of a medical condition, or a physical, mental, or emotional disability.\n(3) \"Department\" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 412, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.107, 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 D. ADOPTION SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.301","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"93e4ae3b7ab83e2c2792d708fa9391b085be2d7d6cbf017804bf38e9bf62016b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}