Section 102.005 - Standing to Request Termination and Adoption An original suit requesting only an adoption or for termination of the parent-child relationship joined with a petition for adoption may be filed by:
(1) a stepparent of the child;(2) an adult who, as the result of a placement for adoption, has had actual possession and control of the child at any time during the 30-day period preceding the filing of the petition;(3) an adult who has had actual possession and control of the child for not less than two months during the three-month period preceding the filing of the petition;(4) an adult who has adopted, or is the foster parent of and has petitioned to adopt, a sibling of the child; or(5) another adult whom the court determines to have had substantial past contact with the child sufficient to warrant standing to do so.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406, Sec. 3(a), eff. 9/1/2007.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.