{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.413","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.413","heading":"COUNSELING.","body":"The applicant must participate in counseling for not less than one hour with a social worker or mental health professional with expertise in postadoption counseling after the administrator has accepted the application for registration and before the release of confidential information.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","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#162.413","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"ec0e4bbcfd83726d57f2e2a18dc693b45190fed2124a308f2a90c8984e28aca6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.412","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.414"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}