| 1 | 1 | | 81R673 KKA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 934 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to agreed orders in family law matters. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by adding Section 6.7021 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 6.7021. AGREED ORDER. An agreed order in a suit for |
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| 12 | 12 | | dissolution of a marriage must comply with Section 105.0061. |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Section 85.005, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (f) An agreed protective order must comply with Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 105.0061. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 3. Chapter 105, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 105.0061 to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 105.0061. AGREED ORDER. An agreed order in a suit |
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| 20 | 20 | | affecting the parent-child relationship or other suit under this |
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| 21 | 21 | | code, other than Title 3, is not valid unless the order is signed by |
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| 22 | 22 | | each party to the suit and each attorney representing a party to the |
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| 23 | 23 | | suit. Each party and party's attorney must sign the order before |
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| 24 | 24 | | the order is signed by the judge or entered into the record. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 26 | 26 | | an agreed order entered into on or after the effective date of this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act. An agreed order entered into before the effective date of this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act is governed by the law in effect on the date on which the order |
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| 29 | 29 | | was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 30 | 30 | | purpose. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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