REVOCABILITY OF CERTAIN AFFIDAVITS
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case in the Interest of R.B., J.B., S.B., T.B., A.B. and J.B., Children (2007)
Most recently applied in In Re RB (May 2007)
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 10, eff
An affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights that fails to state that the relinquishment or waiver is irrevocable for a stated time is:
(1) revocable only if the revocation is made before the 11th day after the date the affidavit is executed; and
(2) irrevocable on or after the 11th day after the date the affidavit is executed.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.