87R10348 MLH-D
By: White H.B. No. 4381
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring notice to parties in certain suits affecting
the parent-child relationship of options for periods of possession
of or access to a child under a standard possession order.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 102.009, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) If the petition requests the establishment or
modification of periods of possession of or access to a child, the
citation must include notice of the options for periods of
possession of or access to a child under a standard possession order
under Subchapter F, Chapter 153.
SECTION 2. Section 154.022, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) If a pending dispute concerns the establishment or
modification of periods of possession of or access to a child, the
notification must include notice of the options for periods of
possession of or access to a child under a standard possession order
under Subchapter F, Chapter 153, Family Code.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after
the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child
relationship filed before that date is governed by the law in effect
on the date the suit was filed, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.