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| 1 | 1 | 84R13116 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 3802 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to intervention by a foster parent in a suit affecting the | |
| 8 | 8 | parent-child relationship. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 102, Family Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 102.0031 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 102.0031. INTERVENTION BY FOSTER PARENT. A court may | |
| 13 | 13 | not grant a foster parent of a child placed in the foster parent's | |
| 14 | 14 | home by the Department of Family and Protective Services leave to | |
| 15 | 15 | intervene in a pending suit that involves the child unless the child | |
| 16 | 16 | has been in the foster parent's home for at least 12 months. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Section 102.0031, Family Code, as added by this | |
| 18 | 18 | Act, applies only to a motion to intervene pending on or filed on or | |
| 19 | 19 | after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |