| 1 | 1 | | By: Carter (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 3314 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Jurisprudence; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to a requirement that an attorney ad litem appointed for a |
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| 11 | 11 | | child file a statement with the court regarding the attorney ad |
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| 12 | 12 | | litem's meeting with the child or other specified person. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 107.004(d), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 15 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an attorney ad |
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| 17 | 17 | | litem appointed for a child in a proceeding under Chapter 262 or 263 |
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| 18 | 18 | | shall: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) meet before each court hearing with: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) [(1)] the child, if the child is at least |
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| 21 | 21 | | four years of age; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) [(2)] the individual with whom the child |
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| 23 | 23 | | ordinarily resides, including the child's parent, conservator, |
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| 24 | 24 | | guardian, caretaker, or custodian, if the child is younger than |
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| 25 | 25 | | four years of age; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) if the child or individual is not present at the |
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| 27 | 27 | | court hearing, file a written statement with the court indicating |
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| 28 | 28 | | that the attorney ad litem complied with Subdivision (1). |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 30 | 30 | | * * * * * |
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