Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1929 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Garcia, et al. S.B. No. 1929
2		-	(Thompson of Harris)
	1	+	S.B. No. 1929
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an
8	6		attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting
9	7		the parent-child relationship.
10	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	9		SECTION 1. Sections 155.207(a) and (c), Family Code, are
12	10		amended to read as follows:
13	11		(a) Not later than the 10th working day after [On] the date
14	12		[signing of] an order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court
15	13		transferring a proceeding shall send to the proper court in the
16	14		county to which transfer is being made:
17	15		(1) the pleadings in the pending proceeding and any
18	16		other document specifically requested by a party;
19	17		(2) certified copies of all entries in the minutes;
20	18		[and]
21	19		(3) a certified copy of each final order; and
22	20		(4) a certified copy of the order of transfer signed by
23	21		the transferring court.
24	22		(c) On receipt of the pleadings, documents, and orders from
25	23		the transferring court, the clerk of the transferee court shall
26	24		docket the suit and shall notify the judge of the transferee court,
27	25		all parties, the clerk of the transferring court, and, if
28	26		appropriate, the transferring court's local registry that the suit
29	27		has been docketed.
30	28		SECTION 2. Section 262.203, Family Code, is amended by
31	29		adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
32	30		(d) An order of transfer must include:
33	31		(1) the date of any future hearings in the case that
34	32		have been scheduled by the transferring court;
35	33		(2) any date scheduled by the transferring court for
36	34		the dismissal of the suit under Section 263.401; and
37	35		(3) the name and contact information of each attorney
38	36		ad litem or guardian ad litem appointed in the suit.
39	37		(e) The court to which a suit is transferred may retain an
40	38		attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem appointed by the
41	39		transferring court. If the court finds that the appointment of a
42	40		new attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem is appropriate, the court
43	41		shall appoint that attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem before the
44	42		earlier of:
45	43		(1) the 10th day after the date of receiving the order
46	44		of transfer; or
47	45		(2) the date of the first scheduled hearing after the
48	46		transfer.
49	47		SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
50	48		to an order of transfer rendered in a suit affecting the
51	49		parent-child relationship on or after the effective date of this
52	50		Act. An order of transfer in a suit affecting the parent-child
53	51		relationship rendered before the effective date of this Act is
54	52		governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered,
55	53		and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
56	54		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	55	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	56	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	57	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1929 passed the Senate on
	58	+	April 28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	59	+	______________________________
	60	+	Secretary of the Senate
	61	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1929 passed the House on
	62	+	May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0,
	63	+	two present not voting.
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	66	+	Approved:
	67	+	______________________________
	68	+	Date
	69	+	______________________________
	70	+	Governor