87R9674 MCK-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2935
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by
the Department of Family and Protective Services without taking
possession of the child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 262.201(e), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) The court may, for good cause shown, postpone the full
adversary hearing for not more than seven days from the date of the
attorney's appointment to provide the attorney time to respond to
the petition and prepare for the hearing. The court may shorten or
lengthen the extension granted under this subsection if the parent
and the appointed attorney agree in writing. If the court postpones
the full adversary hearing, the court shall extend a temporary
order, temporary restraining order, or attachment issued by the
court under Section 262.102(a) [or Section 262.1131] for the
protection of the child until the date of the rescheduled full
adversary hearing.
SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Family Code are
repealed:
(1) Section 262.113;
(2) Section 262.1131; and
(3) Sections 262.201(b) and (j).
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services on
or after the effective date of this Act. A suit filed by the
department before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.