LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 20, 2015 TO: Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1195 by Bohac (Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would add a new Section 6.412, Family Code, requiring an attorney, before agreeing to represent a client in a suit for dissolution of marriage, to provide to the client a disclosure with information about arbitration, mediation, collaborative law, and alternatives to retaining an attorney for dissolution of a marriage. The State Bar would be required to adopt the disclosure form and the attorney would be required to obtain a written acknowledgment from the client that the form has been received and the disclosure understood. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council LBB Staff: UP, ESi, SD, SJS
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 20, 2015
TO: Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1195 by Bohac (Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1195 by Bohac (Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage.), As Introduced
Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1195 by Bohac (Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage.), As Introduced
HB1195 by Bohac (Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would add a new Section 6.412, Family Code, requiring an attorney, before agreeing to represent a client in a suit for dissolution of marriage, to provide to the client a disclosure with information about arbitration, mediation, collaborative law, and alternatives to retaining an attorney for dissolution of a marriage. The State Bar would be required to adopt the disclosure form and the attorney would be required to obtain a written acknowledgment from the client that the form has been received and the disclosure understood.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
LBB Staff: UP, ESi, SD, SJS
UP, ESi, SD, SJS