Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 162. ADOPTION
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Tex. Fam. Code § 162.012 (2026)

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Sec. 162.012. DIRECT OR COLLATERAL ATTACK. (a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an adoption order is not subject to attack after six months after the date the order was signed.

(b) The validity of a final adoption order is not subject to attack because a health, social, educational, and genetic history was not filed.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 601, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2001–2026 · leading case: Goodson v. Castellanos, 214 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App.—Austin 2007).
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Goodson v. Castellanos, 214 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App.—Austin 2007). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012 (West 2002).”
Brackeen v. Zinke, 338 F. Supp. 3d 514 (N.D. Tex. 2018). “TEX. FAM. CODE § 162.012(a) (up to six months); Goodson v.”
In re Smith, 262 S.W.3d 463 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2008). “The court further held that Goodson could not attack the adoption order, because section 162.012 of the Family Code expressly prohibits an attack on the validity of an adoption order “after six months after the date the order was signed.”
Queen v. Goeddertz, 48 S.W.3d 928 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2001). “Laws 2218 (current version at Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012 (Vernon Supp.”
in the Interest of C.R.P., a Child, 192 S.W.3d 823 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2006). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012(a). Crystal contends that the affidavit was executed unknowingly and involuntarily, and thus, it was void, which amounts to an assertion of fraud, duress, or coercion.”
Jerry L. Berwick v. Richard T. Wagner, 509 S.W.3d 411 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2014). “”); Texas Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012 (“[T]he validity of an adoption order' is not subject to attack after six months after the date the order was signed.”
in the Interest of K.B.S., 172 S.W.3d 152 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2005). “Laws 113 , 220 (current version at Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012 (Vernon 2002)).”
In the Interest of E.R., 335 S.W.3d 816 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2011). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012(a) (West 2008).”
In re CRP, 192 S.W.3d 823 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2006). · cites it 2× “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 162.012(a). Crystal contends that the affidavit was executed unknowingly and involuntarily, and thus, it was void, which amounts to an assertion of fraud, duress, or coercion.”
In re KBS, 172 S.W.3d 152 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2005). “Laws 113 , 220 (current version at Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012 (Vernon 2002)).”
In re Er, 335 S.W.3d 816 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2011). “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 162.012(a) (West 2008).”
Elizabeth Goodson v. Adelina Castellanos, No. 03-04-00335-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Jan. 19, 2007). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 162.012 (West 2002).”
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Tex. Fam. Code § 162.012(a): 6 cases
Brackeen v. Zinke, 338 F. Supp. 3d 514 (N.D. Tex. 2018). “TEX. FAM. CODE § 162.012(a) (up to six months); Goodson v.”
in the Interest of C.R.P., a Child, 192 S.W.3d 823 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2006). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012(a). Crystal contends that the affidavit was executed unknowingly and involuntarily, and thus, it was void, which amounts to an assertion of fraud, duress, or coercion.”
In the Interest of E.R., 335 S.W.3d 816 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2011). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.012(a) (West 2008).”
In re CRP, 192 S.W.3d 823 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2006). “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 162.012(a). Crystal contends that the affidavit was executed unknowingly and involuntarily, and thus, it was void, which amounts to an assertion of fraud, duress, or coercion.”
In re Er, 335 S.W.3d 816 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2011). “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 162.012(a) (West 2008).”
Tex. Fam. Code § 162.012(b): 1 case
in the Interest of H.L.S. & W.A.S., Child., 643 S.W.3d 453 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg 2022).
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