Texas Family Code

§ 161.2062 — PROVISION FOR LIMITED CONTACT BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL PARENT AND CHILD

FA § 161.2062Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 161. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Art. C. HEARING AND ORDER

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(a)An order terminating the parent-child relationship may not require that a subsequent adoption order include terms regarding limited post-termination contact between the child and a biological parent.

(b)The inclusion of a requirement for post-termination contact described by Subsection (a) in a termination order does not:

(1)affect the finality of a termination or subsequent adoption order; or

(2)grant standing to a parent whose parental rights have been terminated to file any action under this title after the court renders a subsequent adoption order with respect to the child.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.