Collateral Attack on Adoption Decree Rejected as Untimely
In Goodson v. Castellanos, the Third Court of Appeals has rejected a collateral attack on a 2003 Bexar County decree granting a child's adoption by two same-sex parents. After considering appellant's contention that the adoption decree was void because state law prohibits same-sex adoptions, the Court concluded that the decree could not be attacked collaterally because Texas Family Code § 162.012 prohibits all challenges to an adoption decree filed more than six months after the order is signed.
