SENATE BILL 151 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Jackson |
EFFECTIVE: 9-1-03 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Hunter |
Senate Bill 151 amends the Family Code to recognize and enforce adoption orders rendered by a foreign country to a Texas resident as if the order were rendered by a court of this state. The bill provides for the registration of a foreign adoption order, a petition for a name change, and the filing of a certificate of birth for the child.