Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE i-lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
"kto person shsu. bs petittcci to ronoYa 8 child from'eeid ham except u~dsr such lewful rubs and ru&ations as tho iIoerd my 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 ptlraon of auah child, OE the parent or raid ohlld- by adsption." brtiola l&a, &otion 3, provldasr 90 petition tor ado bion 0r any leiaor @hiAd o hil d shall hare .liied for s&ail be granhd aaPntil the SIX amths la the home ot tho ~titioner provided, that this raqtiransnt nay b6 4.laptuaaed w fh upon good f 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 8trtxater WHJ to sd$we tar the : ~. ~: ~, adopted oMJ.d a &seal statw whbh wmld~ mx~t: ol.oBelp approxi-, ,-’ mk, that provl4e4 bs‘ the natU’d1 pax-wits and the ho& ,of natural parenta. Ths pUb~o in8Woat -4 the wslfare of the ‘~ ahild are dapckdent uppan 811. i.AtorpratatLon of the adoption : statutes which will do lsast vioLmoe to natural lawe. To heid that, "in no oaaa*, oh411 8 ohild ba rtciovcd from the Or~pnans’ Borne by any person other then the natural guard- State 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 tcr note tha6 Xrtiole 3212 wa8 pas- se4 in rt3a7. 'At that sarlg datiour ado tion t3tatUt8a grovidea .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 moliths trial period before grantPri& of the petit-ion by 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 61.x iEOnth8 triel period, ar-5, if et the el;d the ohild far 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.
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