82R1705 JSC-F
By: Harris S.B. No. 284
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.1042, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) In a de novo hearing before the referring court, the
referring court may consider the record from the hearing before the
associate judge that is preserved by a means other than by a court
reporter if the record was preserved by a means approved by the
associate judge under Section 201.009(c) and:
(1) the proceeding was not recorded by a court
reporter; and
(2) a court reporter was not required to be provided
under Section 201.009 or any other law.
SECTION 2. Section 201.2042, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) In a de novo hearing before the referring court, the
referring court may consider the record from the hearing before the
associate judge that is preserved by a means other than by a court
reporter if the record was preserved by a means approved by the
associate judge under Section 201.009(c) and:
(1) the proceeding was not recorded by a court
reporter; and
(2) a court reporter was not required to be provided
under Section 201.009 or any other law.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a de novo hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship
requested on or after the effective date of this Act. A de novo
hearing requested before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.