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 § 162.021 (2026)

Sealing File

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Sec. 162.021. SEALING FILE. (a) The court, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, may order the sealing of the file and the minutes of the court, or both, in a suit requesting an adoption.

(b) Rendition of the order does not relieve the clerk from the duty to send information regarding adoption to the vital statistics unit as required by this subchapter and Chapter 108.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 78, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.097, eff. April 2, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: in the Interest of H.L.S. & W.A.S., Child. (Tex. App. 2022).
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in the Interest of H.L.S. & W.A.S., Child. (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 162.021(a). The records of a suit for adoption must remain confidential, and no person is entitled to access them except for good cause shown by the court that granted the adoption.”
— Tex. Fam. Code § 162.021(a) — 1 case
in the Interest of H.L.S. & W.A.S., Child. (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 162.021(a). The records of a suit for adoption must remain confidential, and no person is entitled to access them except for good cause shown by the court that granted the adoption.”
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