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Texas Grandparent Rights
§ 35.6 Suit to Request Termination and Adoption

If a grandparent does not have general standing to file suit, the grandparent may have standing to file an original suit requesting only adoption or an original suit for termination of the parent-child relationship joined with a petition for adoption if the grandparent:

1. As the result of a placement for adoption has had actual possession and control of the child at any time during the thirty-day period preceding the filing of the petition;

2. Has had actual possession and control of the child for not less than two months during the three-month preceding the filing of the petition; or

3. Is determined by the court to have had substantial past contact with the child sufficient to warrant standing to do so.

Texas Family Code Ann. § 102.005(2), (3), (4) (Vernon 1996).