Bill Text: TX HB3065 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to adoption by a stepparent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB3065 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3065-Introduced.html
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By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 3065 |
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relating to adoption by a stepparent. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 162, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 162.0027 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 162.0027. ADOPTION BY STEPPARENT. (a) In a suit for | ||
adoption, a court or person performing an adoption evaluation may | ||
not grant preference to a relative of the child over a stepparent of | ||
the child solely on the basis of consanguinity. | ||
(b) If a parent of the child dies, leaving the child with no | ||
living parent whose parental rights have not been terminated, the | ||
court may grant a stepparent's petition for adoption on an | ||
expedited basis, provided that all requirements of this chapter are | ||
fulfilled. The child may reside with the stepparent while the | ||
adoption petition is pending, unless the court finds that would not | ||
be in the best interest of the child. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
petition for adoption filed on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |