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