Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

OFFICE OF THE i-lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN "ktoperson shsu. bs petittcci to ronoYa 8 child from'eeid ham except u~dsr such lewful rubs and ru&ations as tho iIoerdmy eaopt. In no a36d shell a child be ri;mvcd tkcrefroa by 5Ay paraol;other thaA the mtwzl siardiao of said child, 07 the duly quali- fiod guardid& of the ptlraonof auah child, OE the parent or raid ohlld-by adsption." brtiola l&a, &otion 3, provldasr 90 petition tor tha ado bion 0r any leiaor @hiAd s&ail be granhd aaPntil the o hil d shall hare .liied for SIX amths la the home ot tho ~titioner provided, that this raqtiransntnay b6 4.laptuaaedwf fh upon good OUWd showA in the disoretion Of th8 COUt, when the Court is saCisiisd thei&the hose of the petitioner and the ohild ‘81% stitd to wwh other,“ ,.. Thsae twe stabatss dkli be wad and oanatraed:~t&~ . getimr . Thi sureat guide 80 a oorreot oonabruotion Qr a otatuto 1s sewred by asosrt&ing the purposa ilie nakero intanded it nhould aoocxiplish. The &foot ot the Taxarr Laglslatumin en& sating the State’s adoption 8trtxaterWHJ to sd$we tar the :~.~:~, adopted oMJ.d a &seal statw whbh wmld~ mx~t: ol.oBelpapproxi-, ,-’ mk, that provl4e4 bs‘the natU’d1 pax-witsand the ho& ,of natural parenta. Ths pUb~o in8Woat -4 the wslfare of the ‘~ ahild are dapckdent uppan 811.i.AtorpratatLonof the adoption : statutes which will do lsast vioLmoe to natural lawe. To heid that, "in no oaaa*, oh411 8 ohild ba rtciovcdfrom the State Or~pnans’Borneby any person other then the natural guard- iaA.of se14 child, or the OuLy qualkflcd guerdian of tha person of suoh ahild, or thd parrot of raid chil4 by edoption, would, operate to d&eat tha beaevolsnt intent of 3x1~ adoption rtatutae. Childran, who sight athemfis5 bs pladcd in good Cotmn, would be forced to rumin in the inefitubion. It 10 aiapirLaent tcrnote tha6 Xrtiole 3212 wa8 pas- se4 in rt3a7. 'At that sarlg datiour ado tion t3tatUt8agrovidea .sh@.y fw, *edoption by doed”. 'ph.6 ti&f SlatUP iA 1931, raalizins a need ror r&em, amA ous adoptton stetutca &ml provided for e petitioA to the District Court a& further pro- vided for a six molithstrial period before grantPri&of the petit-ionby the Co;&. Plsciu~ of the child in the hom of parzona, ofher than tha’prmt or guardian of the chi1.d, for a 4+sq~orsxy trial psr?od as provided by the edoptlon statutss, &MS not asount to ~as:ova~ frox the state Orphans ’ iioxe as coctdr?lhtcd ia titrti.h 3212. The institution would rat-sir: J~uLsdistLw awr the ohild far tha 61.x iEOnth8 triel period, ar-5, if et the el;d of this trlel period it appear8 that the child on5 the gro- spective pcrwt&3 are suited to eeOh Other, tha State Crghene~ iiocw would, -&an the ohlld #es lagelly eEo)tsd, discharge ths ahild completely fro;a its jurlad:otion and control. $ Ye trust that t&r roregobg amwra you- Qquiry. Yotaxe wry truly ATmGiI’;,Y ciii.2.rKL a;)g 7xaa