78R9567 KLA-D


By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 1497



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the adoption of an adult.                                         
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 162.506, Family Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	Sec. 162.506.  ADOPTION ORDER.  (a)  The court shall grant 
the adoption if the court finds that the requirements for adoption 
of an adult are met.
	(b)  Notwithstanding that both spouses have joined in a 
petition for the adoption of an adult as required by Section 
162.503(b), the court may grant the adoption of the adult to both 
spouses or, on request of the spouses, to only one spouse.
	SECTION 2.  Section 162.506, Family Code, as amended by this 
Act, applies to a suit for the adoption of an adult pending in a 
trial court or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.