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 § 162.507 (2026)

Effect Of Adoption

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Sec. 162.507. EFFECT OF ADOPTION. (a) The adopted adult is the son or daughter of the adoptive parents for all purposes.

(b) The adopted adult is entitled to inherit from and through the adopted adult's adoptive parents as though the adopted adult were the biological child of the adoptive parents.

(c) The adopted adult may not inherit from or through the adult's biological parent. A biological parent may not inherit from or through an adopted adult.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 169 (H.B. 204), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

SUBCHAPTER G. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2006–2016 · leading case: In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008).
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In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008). · cites it 2× “Laws 113 , 238 (current version at TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 162.507 (Vernon Supp.”
Armstrong v. Hixon, 206 S.W.3d 175 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2006). “Laws 113 , 238 (current version at Tex Fam.Code Ann. § 162.507 Vernon Supp.2005).”
Dampier v. Williams, 493 S.W.3d 118 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2016). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 162.507 (c) (West 2014) (“The adopted adult may not inherit from or through the adult’s biological parent.”
Sanders v. Yanez, 238 Cal. App. 4th 1466 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). “” (Tex. Fam. Code, § 162.507.) Texas case law unambiguously holds that “an adopted adult [is] for every purpose, the child of his parent or parents by adoption as fully as though bom of them in lawful wedlock.”
Lucie Carr Armstrong, Jr. v. Sarita Storey Armstrong Hixon, No. 13-05-00320-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Oct. 26, 2006). “Laws 113 , 238 (current version at Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 162.507 (Vernon Supp.”
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