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SECTION 1. Section
102.003(a), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) An original suit may be
filed at any time by:
(1) a parent of the child;
(2) the child through a
representative authorized by the court;
(3) a custodian or person
having the right of visitation with or access to the child appointed by an
order of a court of another state or country;
(4) a guardian of the person
or of the estate of the child;
(5) a governmental entity;
(6) an authorized agency;
(7) a licensed child placing
agency;
(8) a man alleging himself to
be the father of a child filing in accordance with Chapter 160, subject to
the limitations of that chapter, but not otherwise;
(9) a person, other than a
foster parent, who has had actual care, control, and possession of the
child for at least six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the
date of the filing of the petition;
(10) a person designated as
the managing conservator in a revoked or unrevoked affidavit of relinquishment
under Chapter 161 or to whom consent to adoption has been given in writing
under Chapter 162;
(11) a person with whom the
child and the child's guardian, managing conservator, or parent have
resided for at least six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the
date of the filing of the petition if the child's guardian, managing
conservator, or parent is deceased at the time of the filing of the
petition;
(12) a person who is the
foster parent of a child placed by the Department of Family and Protective
Services in the person's home for at least:
(A) 12 months ending
not more than 90 days preceding the date of the filing of the petition; or
(B) six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the date of
the filing of the petition if the department has removed the child
from the child's home more than once;
(13) a person who is a
relative of the child within the third degree by consanguinity, as
determined by Chapter 573, Government Code, if the child's parents are
deceased at the time of the filing of the petition; or
(14) a person who has been
named as a prospective adoptive parent of a child by a pregnant woman or
the parent of the child, in a verified written statement to confer standing
executed under Section 102.0035, regardless of whether the child has been
born.
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SECTION 1. Section
102.003(a), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) An original suit may be
filed at any time by:
(1) a parent of the child;
(2) the child through a
representative authorized by the court;
(3) a custodian or person
having the right of visitation with or access to the child appointed by an
order of a court of another state or country;
(4) a guardian of the person
or of the estate of the child;
(5) a governmental entity;
(6) an authorized agency;
(7) a licensed child placing
agency;
(8) a man alleging himself to
be the father of a child filing in accordance with Chapter 160, subject to
the limitations of that chapter, but not otherwise;
(9) a person, other than a
foster parent, who has had actual care, control, and possession of the
child for at least six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the
date of the filing of the petition;
(10) a person designated as
the managing conservator in a revoked or unrevoked affidavit of
relinquishment under Chapter 161 or to whom consent to adoption has been
given in writing under Chapter 162;
(11) a person with whom the
child and the child's guardian, managing conservator, or parent have
resided for at least six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the
date of the filing of the petition if the child's guardian, managing
conservator, or parent is deceased at the time of the filing of the
petition;
(12) a person who is the
foster parent of a child placed by the Department of Family and Protective
Services in the person's home for at least:
(A) 12 months ending
not more than 90 days preceding the date of the filing of the petition; or
(B) six months if the
department has removed the child from the child's home more than once and the child resides with the foster parent;
(13) a person who is a
relative of the child within the third degree by consanguinity, as
determined by Chapter 573, Government Code, if the child's parents are
deceased at the time of the filing of the petition; or
(14) a person who has been
named as a prospective adoptive parent of a child by a pregnant woman or
the parent of the child, in a verified written statement to confer standing
executed under Section 102.0035, regardless of whether the child has been
born.
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