By: Carter (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 3314
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
April 29, 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 a requirement that an attorney ad litem appointed for a
child file a statement with the court regarding the attorney ad
litem's meeting with the child or other specified person.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 107.004(d), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an attorney ad
litem appointed for a child in a proceeding under Chapter 262 or 263
shall:
(1) meet before each court hearing with:
(A) [(1)] the child, if the child is at least
four years of age; or
(B) [(2)] the individual with whom the child
ordinarily resides, including the child's parent, conservator,
guardian, caretaker, or custodian, if the child is younger than
four years of age; and
(2) if the child or individual is not present at the
court hearing, file a written statement with the court indicating
that the attorney ad litem complied with Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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