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| 1 | 1 | By: Carter (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 3311 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2011; | |
| 3 | 3 | May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | 4 | Jurisprudence; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following | |
| 5 | 5 | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 9 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child | |
| 11 | 11 | to meet with the child or individual with whom the child resides | |
| 12 | 12 | before each court hearing. | |
| 13 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 107.004, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 15 | 15 | adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (d-1) A meeting required by Subsection (d) must take place: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) a sufficient time before the hearing to allow the | |
| 18 | 18 | attorney ad litem to prepare for the hearing in accordance with the | |
| 19 | 19 | child's expressed objectives of representation; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) in a private setting that allows for confidential | |
| 21 | 21 | communications between the attorney ad litem and the child or | |
| 22 | 22 | individual with whom the child ordinarily resides, as applicable. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | |
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