Texas Statutes
§ 162.408 — PROOF OF IDENTITY.
Texas § 162.408
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Bluebook
Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 162.408 (2026).
Text
Sec. 162.408. PROOF OF IDENTITY. The rules and minimum standards of the Department of State Health Services for the vital statistics unit must provide for proof of identity in order to facilitate the purposes of this subchapter and to protect the privacy rights of adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, biological siblings, and their families.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 1.113, eff. April 2, 2015.
Nearby Sections
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§ 162.001
WHO MAY ADOPT AND BE ADOPTED.§ 162.002
PREREQUISITES TO PETITION.§ 162.003
ADOPTION EVALUATION.§ 162.0045
PREFERENTIAL SETTING.§ 162.0062
ACCESS TO INFORMATION.§ 162.0085
CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORT REQUIRED.§ 162.0086
INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS.§ 162.009
RESIDENCE WITH PETITIONER.§ 162.010
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