Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN QRIALD c. MAWW ..rnn ..*UIL Mrr. Ylolet 8, Oroonhill Ohlef,Dlrlrlooat Oh114Uoltuo Board of Control Aurtla,Toxaa Clroulag enor ha8 am adoption oowr oort of hom lnlr~on till final 18U0, ato., tblr and ualoraR baby 18 R LSUALBXFMSX Ot IIJ!bL ADOPTXOBIr rod from nurnory a drporlt in rtt Dollaramat bo oadr to ootor rs rrourln,gof birth 1~111bi hold la br refunded xhero babr 18 raturnrb end logal adoption not ooammmat~d,~* Lettet ‘vo undrrrtaad through our reprrrrntatltr, mm. Blank,thnt you are lntororted In w2optln.gl babl , -8. Vlolrt S. Croonhill, Larch 14, 1939, i’aga 2 from our agocoy. ::8ore rnolo8lng opplioatlon forms and lntonnotlon oorerlng adoptloo procedure In thlr ogenoy and ark that you ill1 the formor out and roturn thornto u8 tog8ther with on8 dollar lo postage stamp8 or money to oovor oost of contaotlng roteronc88. 'Wo oppr8olote your interest in our work, and upon reoolpt of your appllcotlon, we shall give It our lmzedlato attention."* It 18 the oplnlon of this deportsent that the Olr- cular ond latter quoted from above ooaatltutoo a vlolatlon Of 8uoh 8tStUt0, OS on Sttempt t0 ChOreO or reOeiV0 OOmpOn- eation for the placement or a child, and that the osrrylng out of the proposal set out in ouch olroular and letter WOUid OOIIStitUtS 0 TiOlOtiOn Or 8UOL 8tOtUtO in that lt would be a charge for and tho recolvlng of coPponoatlon for placement of a ,chlld, prohibited by said Statute. 73th roapect to your quo8tlon as to whothor or not it would be questlonablo 8thiO8 ior an attorney to hand18 euch odoptlon through suoh an agency without giving tho adopting parents the rlght to 8xerclso their oun free n-111 to' oolect their own 0ttornoy, our answer is, "yes". Very truly your8 h -. 2. Xohon kSSi8tOIlt LDE:XK A?TR3Vi;D: 6. - ATTDRKEY r,iZERAL 3F T&U!3