87R641 MCK-F
By: Noble H.B. No. 1318
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a petition or motion filed in a suit for termination of
the parent-child relationship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.101, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 161.101. PETITION ALLEGATIONS; PETITION AND MOTION
REQUIREMENTS. (a) A petition for the termination of the
parent-child relationship is sufficient without the necessity of
specifying the underlying facts if the petition alleges in the
statutory language the ground for the termination and that
termination is in the best interest of the child.
(b) A petition or motion filed by the Department of Family
and Protective Services in a suit for termination of the
parent-child relationship is subject to Chapter 10, Civil Practice
and Remedies Code, and Rule 13, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
SECTION 2. Section 161.101, Family Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a petition or motion filed by the Department of
Family and Protective Services on or after the effective date of
this Act. A petition or motion filed by the department before that
date is governed by the law in effect on the date the petition or
motion was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.