06 Oct Adoption In Texas – An Overview
Adoption is "a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and in so doing transfers all rights and responsibilities from the biological parent or parents." In the State of Texas, adoption is regulated under Family Code Section 162. Adoptions are typically handled by the District Courts. But, a juvenile or other court that has jurisdiction over a suit affecting the parent-child relationship can also handle the case. People adopt for a wide variety of reasons, infertility being the most common. About half of adoptions in the U.S. are between relatives. One example is a "step-parent adoption" where the new spouse of...