{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.3085","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.3085","heading":"ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW REQUIRED.","body":"The department or a licensed child-placing agency making an adoptive placement shall comply with the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. Section 1996b).\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 18, 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 D. ADOPTION SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.3085","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"cd7a74df2692b2c337600203352e39c6dbdf1d04f8229188f5073410a521a524","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.306","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}