82R2341 EES-F
By: Thompson H.B. No. 2422
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for providing a copy of the final decree
of dissolution of a marriage to a party who waived service of
process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.710, Family Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 6.710. COPY OF DECREE. The petitioner in a suit for
dissolution of a marriage [clerk of the court] shall mail a copy of
the final decree of dissolution of a marriage to the party who
waived service of process under Section 6.4035 by mailing the copy
of the decree to the party at the mailing address contained in the
waiver or to the office of the party's attorney of record.
SECTION 2. Section 6.710, Family Code, as amended by this
Act, applies to a suit for dissolution of a marriage filed on or
after the effective date of this Act. A suit for dissolution of a
marriage filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.