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 § 162.023 (2026)

Adoption Order From Foreign Country

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Sec. 162.023. ADOPTION ORDER FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, an adoption order rendered to a resident of this state that is made by a foreign country shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if the order were rendered by a court in this state unless the adoption law or process of the foreign country violates the fundamental principles of human rights or the laws or public policy of this state.

(b) A person who adopts a child in a foreign country may register the order in this state. A petition for registration of a foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition for a name change. If the court finds that the foreign adoption order meets the requirements of Subsection (a), the court shall order the state registrar to:

(1) register the order under Chapter 192, Health and Safety Code; and

(2) file a certificate of birth for the child under Section 192.006, Health and Safety Code.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 19, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2007–2016 · leading case: Goodson v. Castellanos, 214 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App. 2007).
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Goodson v. Castellanos, 214 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App. 2007). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.023(a) (West Supp.”
in the Interest of E.H., A.H., & E.H., Child., 450 S.W.3d 166 (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “004 (the “Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgment Recognition Act”) (providing that a foreign country judgment which satisfies the statutory requirements “is enforceable in the same manner as a judgment of a sister state that is entitled to full faith and credit”); Tex. Fam. Code…”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2016). “TEX. FAM. CODE§ 162.023(a) (emphasis added).”
Elizabeth Goodson v. Adelina Castellanos (Tex. App. 2007). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 162.023 (a) (West Supp.”
Ediberto Gaona v. State (Tex. App. 2007). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 162.023 (a) (West Supp.”
— Tex. Fam. Code § 162.023(a) — 2 cases
Goodson v. Castellanos, 214 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App. 2007). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 162.023(a) (West Supp.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2016). “TEX. FAM. CODE§ 162.023(a) (emphasis added).”
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