Tex. Fam. Code § 162.008 : FAMILY CODE — THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — ADOPTION — ADOPTION OF A CHILD — Filing of Health, Social, Educational, and Genetic History Report

(a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the child's:
(1) grandparent;
(2) aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior adoption; or
(3) stepparent.
(b) A petition for adoption may not be granted until the following documents have been filed:
(1) a copy of the health, social, educational, and genetic history report signed by the child's adoptive parents; and
(2) if the report is required to be submitted to the Department of Family and Protective Services under Section 162.006(e), a certificate from the department acknowledging receipt of the report.
(c) A court having jurisdiction of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may by order waive the making and filing of a report under this section if the child's biological parents cannot be located and their absence results in insufficient information being available to compile the report.

Tex. Fam. Code § 162.008

Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 1.094, eff. 4/2/2015.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 20, eff. 9/1/1999.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.
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