By: Márquez H.B. No. 3715
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 102.006(a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (b) [and
(c)], if the parent-child relationship between the child and every
living parent of the child has been terminated, an original suit may
not be filed by:
(1) a former parent whose parent-child relationship
with the child has been terminated by court order; or
(2) the father of the child[; or
[(3) a family member or relative by blood, adoption,
or marriage of either a former parent whose parent-child
relationship has been terminated or of the father of the child].
SECTION 2. Section 102.006(c), Family Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.