Tex. Fam. Code § 102.005 : FAMILY CODE — THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — GENERAL PROVISIONS — FILING SUIT — Standing to Request Termination and Adoption

An original suit requesting only an adoption or for termination of the parent-child relationship joined with a petition for adoption may be filed by:

(1) a stepparent of the child;
(2) an adult who, as the result of a placement for adoption, has had actual possession and control of the child at any time during the 30-day period preceding the filing of the petition;
(3) an adult who has had actual possession and control of the child for not less than two months during the three-month period preceding the filing of the petition;
(4) an adult who has adopted, or is the foster parent of and has petitioned to adopt, a sibling of the child; or
(5) another adult whom the court determines to have had substantial past contact with the child sufficient to warrant standing to do so.

Tex. Fam. Code § 102.005

Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406, Sec. 3(a), eff. 9/1/2007.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.
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