| 1 | 1 | | 86R11374 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Murr H.B. No. 4495 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the transfer of certain suits affecting the |
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| 8 | 8 | | parent-child relationship. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 155.202(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) If the basis of a motion to transfer a proceeding under |
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| 13 | 13 | | this subchapter is that the child resides in another county, the |
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| 14 | 14 | | court may deny the motion if it is shown that the child has resided |
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| 15 | 15 | | in that county for less than six months at the time the proceeding |
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| 16 | 16 | | is commenced unless the motion is filed pursuant to Section |
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| 17 | 17 | | 262.203(a-1). |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 262.203, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 19 | 19 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a-1) On the court's own motion, the court in which a suit |
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| 21 | 21 | | under this chapter is filed may, in accordance with procedures |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by Chapter 155, transfer the suit to a county where the |
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| 23 | 23 | | child has been placed by the department if the court finds that the |
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| 24 | 24 | | transfer is necessary for the convenience of the parties and in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | best interest of the child. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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| 27 | 27 | | suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after the |
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| 28 | 28 | | effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child |
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| 29 | 29 | | relationship filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 30 | 30 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the |
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| 31 | 31 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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