H.B. No. 1497
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1497 was passed by the House on May
16, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1497 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor