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| 1 | 1 | 81R2918 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 973 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to testimony by certain children at a hearing on an | |
| 8 | 8 | application for a protective order. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 84, Family Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 84.007 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 84.007. TESTIMONY BY CHILD. A child who is at least | |
| 13 | 13 | eight years of age and who is a member of the family or household for | |
| 14 | 14 | which protection is sought or on whose behalf the application for a | |
| 15 | 15 | protective order is filed may testify at a hearing on the | |
| 16 | 16 | application for a protective order. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Section 84.007, Family Code, as added by this | |
| 18 | 18 | Act, applies to a hearing on an application for a protective order | |
| 19 | 19 | held on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of the | |
| 20 | 20 | date the application is filed. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |