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Order Recognizing Foreign Order of Adoption and Granting Change of Name
On [date] the Court considered the Petition for Registration of Foreign Order of Adoption filed by [name] [include if applicable: and [name]], Petitioner[s].
The Court finds that on [date], pursuant to a valid adoption proceeding in [name of foreign country], [name] [include if applicable: and [name]] adopted the minor child [name], who was born on [date]. The Court further finds that the adoption law and process of [name of foreign country] do not violate the fundamental principles of human rights or the laws or public policy of Texas.
The Court further finds that all prerequisites of the law have been fully complied with, that the adoption order should be accorded full faith and credit as allowed by Texas law, and that the foreign order of adoption is legally valid and of full force and effect under the laws of the United States of America and of the state of Texas. The Court further finds that based on the evidence presented the child is a citizen of the United States of America.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the adoption proceedings by which [name] [include if applicable: and [name]] have adopted the child [name] are hereby recognized by this Court as valid and of full force and effect in the state of Texas and that the adoption is hereby approved and accorded the same validity and dignity as though originally granted by this Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the name of the child [is changed to/shall remain] [full name].
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the State Registrar of Texas Vital Statistics at Austin, Texas, register the foreign order of adoption under chapter 192 of the Texas Health and Safety Code and file a certificate of birth for the above-named child pursuant to section 192.006 of the Health and Safety Code. [Include if applicable: All papers and records in this case, including the minutes of the Court, are ordered sealed.]
SIGNED on ________________________________.
JUDGE PRESIDING