Texas Adoption Laws, Page 5

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Putative Fathers

Does State have a Putative Father Registry:

Registry/Paternity Requirements to Receive Notice

• The putative father may file before the child's birth, but no later than the 31st day after the child's birth.
  
• Registration requires a completed Bureau of Vital Statistics form, signed and acknowledged by the putative father.

Revocation of Claim to Paternity

Statute: Fam. Code § 160.414

• The putative father may at anytime revoke a notice of intent to claim paternity by submitting a written statement which has been signed and notarized.

Access to Information Maintained in Registry

• The birth mother
  
• A court
  
• An authorized agency
  
• A licensed child-placing agency
  
• A child support enforcement agency
  
• An attorney involved in the case
  
• The Registry of another State

Adoption Disruption Help

Transitions Group Home Out-of-home placement and counseling

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Caring for Kids Adoptions

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Dove Adoptions Int'l

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