Texas Family Code

§ 162.402 — DEFINITIONS

FA § 162.402Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 162. ADOPTION · Art. E. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRIES

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Administrator" means the administrator of a mutual consent voluntary adoption registry established under this subchapter.

(2)"Adoptee" means a person 18 years of age or older who has been legally adopted in this state or another state or country.

(3)"Adoption" means the act of creating the legal relationship of parent and child between a person and a child who is not the biological child of that person. The term does not include the act of establishing the legal relationship of parent and child between a man and a child through proof of paternity or voluntary legitimation proceedings.

(4)"Adoption agency" means a person, other than a natural parent or guardian of a child, who plans for the placement of or places a child in the home of a prospective adoptive parent.

(5)"Adoptive parent" means an adult who is a parent of an adoptee through a legal process of adoption.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.110, eff. April 2, 2015.