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(a) In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which an adoption is sought, the court shall order each person seeking to adopt the child to obtain that person's own criminal history record information. The court shall accept under this section a person's criminal history record information that is provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services or by a licensed child-placing agency that received the information from the department if the information was obtained not more than one year before the date the court ordered the history to be obtained.
(b) A person required to obtain information under Subsection (a) shall obtain the information in the manner provided by Section 411.128, Government Code.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Family Code - FAM § 162.0085. Criminal History Report Required - last updated April 14, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/family-code/fam-sect-162-0085/
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