By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 2422
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)
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. NOTICE [COPY] OF FINAL DECREE. The clerk of the
court shall mail a notice of the signing [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. The notice must state
that a copy of the decree is available at the office of the clerk of
the court and include the physical address of that office.
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.
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