{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.408","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.408","heading":"PROOF OF IDENTITY.","body":"The rules and minimum standards of the Department of State Health Services for the vital statistics unit must provide for proof of identity in order to facilitate the purposes of this subchapter and to protect the privacy rights of adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, biological siblings, and their families.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.113, 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 E. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.408","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"2e8a357b367886f6e7b755caee431f6a1a097330c114f3858ef2b1de0c4d3b4d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.407","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}