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| 1 | 1 | 81R619 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Raymond H.B. No. 317 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the appointment of a parenting coordinator in a suit | |
| 8 | 8 | affecting the parent-child relationship. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 153.609(d), Family Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) If due to hardship the parties are unable to pay the fees | |
| 13 | 13 | of a parenting coordinator, and a domestic relations office or a | |
| 14 | 14 | comparable county agency [public employee] is not available under | |
| 15 | 15 | Subsection (c), the court, if feasible, may appoint a person who | |
| 16 | 16 | meets the minimum qualifications prescribed by Section 153.610, | |
| 17 | 17 | including an employee of the court, to act as a parenting | |
| 18 | 18 | coordinator on a volunteer basis and without compensation. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | |
| 20 | 20 | suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is pending in a | |
| 21 | 21 | trial court on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or | |
| 22 | 22 | after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |