| 1 | 1 | | 86R874 KSD-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 261 |
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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 written agreements incident to divorce or annulment. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) If the court finds that the terms of the written |
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| 12 | 12 | | agreement in a divorce or an annulment are just and right, those |
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| 13 | 13 | | terms are binding on the court. If the court approves the |
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| 14 | 14 | | agreement, the court may set forth the agreement in full or |
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| 15 | 15 | | incorporate the agreement by reference in the final decree. If the |
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| 16 | 16 | | court incorporates the agreement by reference in the final decree, |
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| 17 | 17 | | the agreement is not required to be filed with the court or the |
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| 18 | 18 | | court clerk. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, as amended by |
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| 20 | 20 | | this Act, applies to an agreement incorporated by reference in a |
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| 21 | 21 | | final decree of divorce or annulment regardless of whether the |
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| 22 | 22 | | decree is signed before, on, or after the effective date of this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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