Section 181.42 - Adoption Information by the Courts or Child-Placing Agencies(a) At the time an adoption order is rendered, the district court that grants the adoption shall provide to the adoptive parents information provided by the Vital Statistics Unit describing the functions of voluntary adoption registries. If the adopted child is 14 years of age or older, the court shall provide the information to the child.(b) A licensed child-placing agency shall provide to each of the adopted child's known biological parents similar information when the parent signs an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights, an affidavit of status of child, or an affidavit of waiver of interest in a child.(c) The information shall include the right of the child or biological parent to refuse to participate in the registry.25 Tex. Admin. Code § 181.42
The provisions of this §181.42 adopted to be effective March 4, 1999, 24 TexReg 1618; amended to be effective July 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 4904; amended to be effective August 11, 2013, 38 TexReg 4896