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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle B - SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPChapter 162 - ADOPTION
Subchapter A - ADOPTION OF A CHILD
Section 162.020 - Withdrawal or Denial of Petition

Tex. Fam. Code § 162.020

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 162.020 - Withdrawal or Denial of Petition

If a petition requesting adoption is withdrawn or denied, the court may order the removal of the child from the proposed adoptive home if removal is in the child's best interest and may enter any order necessary for the welfare of the child.

Tex. Fam. Code § 162.020

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.