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Adoption
Accessing Sealed Adoption Records
Instructions and forms to request access to sealed adoption records in Texas.
By: Partnership for Legal Access
Common Questions About Adoptions Who can adopt a child, what is a relative adoption, how can I prove that I have adopted a child? and many more questions and answers.
By: Partnership for Legal Access
Adoption Resources
(Separate Website)
By: Texas Adoption Resources Exchange
Adult Adoptees
(Separate Website)
Adult Adoptees who were born in Texas can click on this link to the Texas Department of State Health Services to request a copy of their original birth certificate. Other adoption related forms are also available on this site, including the Central Adoption Registry Application.
By: Texas Department of State Health Resources
Foreign Adoptions
Families who adopted a child in a foreign country may wish to have the foreign adoption validated by a Texas court.
National Adoption Directory Search
(Separate Website)
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Obtaining Birth and/or Adoption Records
(Separate Website)
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Vital Statistics Forms
(Separate Website)
Click on this Texas Department of State Health Service website for forms to obtain or amend Birth and Death Records, Marriage and Divorce Records, Adoption forms, Paternity and Parentage forms, and Physician’s Abortion Reporting forms.
By: Texas Department of State Health Resources
Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions
(Separate Website)
By: National Adoption Information Clearing House
Federal Title IV-E and State Adoption Assistance
(Separate Website)
By: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
Parties to an Adoption
(Separate Website)
By: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
State Regulation of Adoption Expenses
(Separate Website)
By: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
Texas Coalition for Adoption Resources & Education
(Separate Website)
By: TxCARE
The Rights of Presumed (Putative) Fathers
(Separate Website)
By: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
Do-It-Yourself Court Forms Free
Click here for one of the following forms below.
Divorce In Texas WITH Children
Divorce In Texas WITHOUT Children
Annulment
The uncontested process in Travis County, Texas.
Termination of Withholding for Child Support
Nunc Pro Tunc
DWOP
Modification Kit
Paternity Kit
Affidavit of Inability to Pay Court Cost
Default Judgment Kit
General Affidavit
Original Answer Information Sheet
Name Change for an Adult and Child
Expunction
Occupational Driver's License
Legal Notice
Service by Posting Kit
Service by Publication Kit
Serving the Document and the Certificate of Service
Substitute Service Kit
By: Partnership for Legal Access
Child Protective Services (CPS)
A Handbook for Parents and Guardians in Child Protection Cases
(Separate Website)
Affidavit of Indigence and Request for Court-Appointed Attorney
If you are low-income and a respondent in a suit by the State of Texas to terminate your parental rights, you may qualify for court-appointed attorney.
By: Travis County Law Library
How old must a child be to be left home alone?
(Separate Website)
By: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
How to Report Child Abuse and Neglect
(Separate Website)
By: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Parent's Guide to Child Protective Services
(Separate Website)
By: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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