81R2917 MCK-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 974
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the court to confer with a child before a
protective order hearing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 84, Family Code, is amended by adding
Section 84.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 84.006. CONFERRING WITH CHILD. If a party in a
proceeding under this title files a motion requesting the court to
confer with a child who is a member of the family or household for
which protection is sought or on whose behalf the application for a
protective order is made, the court shall confer with the child in
chambers before the hearing on the application for a protective
order.
SECTION 2. Section 84.006, Family Code, as added by this
Act, applies to a hearing on an application for a protective order
held on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of the
date the application is filed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.