Adoption Laws &
Legislation

The 2005 Texas Legislative session is moving to support adoptee rights with the filing of HB770 by Representative Goolsby. Let your legislators know you want them to support this bill to improve adoption law in Texas!  Go to the 2005 Txcare Legislative action pages at www.txcare.org/2005.  Also join the TxCARE online meeting place at  TX CARE-Talk to follow our progress.

Confidentiality and Access to Texas Adoption Records: A Historical Perspective
This legal journal article discusses the history of adoption laws in Texas as it relates to the controversial issue of access to adoption information by adoptees, birth parents, and others.

Texas Family Code:
Online Hypertext Version

Texas Law Research Guide

Archived Letters to Legislators

Federal law on American Indian adoptee rights
American Indian adult adoptee rights regarding getting their original information.

Tina Clarke's State by State Adoption Law Information
Pages dedicated to most of the states with pending or recent adoption reform legislation as well as info on current law in many states.