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| 1 | 1 | 87R3481 EAS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 1112 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the mandatory transfer of certain protective orders | |
| 8 | 8 | that affect a party's right to possession of or access to a child. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 85, Family Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 85.0641 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 85.0641. MANDATORY TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROTECTIVE | |
| 13 | 13 | ORDERS. (a) This section applies only in a county with a population | |
| 14 | 14 | of four million or more. | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) Notwithstanding Section 85.064(a), during the pendency | |
| 16 | 16 | of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, a court that | |
| 17 | 17 | renders a protective order that affects the right of a party to the | |
| 18 | 18 | suit to possession of or access to a child shall transfer the | |
| 19 | 19 | protection order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit | |
| 20 | 20 | affecting the parent-child relationship. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. Section 85.0641, Family Code, as added by this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act, applies only to a protective order rendered on or after the | |
| 23 | 23 | effective date of this Act. A protective order rendered before that | |
| 24 | 24 | date is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was | |
| 25 | 25 | rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 26 | 26 | purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |