86R12051 JSC-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 2047
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limiting possession of and access to a child by certain
parents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 153.004, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d-2) and (d-3) to read as follows:
(d-2) The court may not appoint a child's parent as sole
managing conservator or joint managing conservator if the parent
has been convicted of an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11,
22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code, against a victim who was
younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offense.
(d-3) The court may not allow a parent described by
Subsection (d-2) to have unsupervised visitation with the child if
the parent committed the offense described by that subsection
during the five-year period preceding the filing of the suit or
during the pendency of the suit. If the parent committed the
offense described by Subsection (d-2) five or more years before the
filing of the suit, the court may allow the parent to have
unsupervised visitation with the child only if the court determines
that the visitation would be in the best interest of the child.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
suit affecting the parent-child relationship pending before a trial
court or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. The enactment of this Act constitutes a material
and substantial change of circumstances sufficient to warrant
modification of a court order or portion of a decree that provides
for conservatorship or possession of or access to a child rendered
before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.