Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 192.007 — SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATES FOR CHILD WHO DIES BEFORE ADOPTION

HS § 192.007Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS · Ch. 192. BIRTH RECORDS · Art. A. GENERAL REGISTRATION PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)If a child in the process of being adopted in this state dies before the adoption is completed, the persons who attempted to adopt the child may request the state registrar to file supplementary birth and death certificates for the child.

(b)Persons making a request under this section must include with the request:

(1)sufficient information to prove that they attempted to adopt the child and that the child died before the adoption was completed;

(2)a copy of an irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights relating to the child;

(3)a copy of the affidavit of the status of the child, if applicable; and

(4)any other information required by the department.

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Legislative history

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.