H.B. No. 559
AN ACT
relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) If the court finds that the terms of the written
agreement in a divorce or an annulment are just and right, those
terms are binding on the court. If the court approves the
agreement, the court may set forth the agreement in full or
incorporate the agreement by reference in the final decree. If the
court incorporates the agreement by reference in the final decree,
the agreement is not required to be filed with the court or the
court clerk.
SECTION 2. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to an agreement incorporated by reference in a
final decree of divorce or annulment regardless of whether the
decree is signed before, on, or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the House on April
9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor