Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 868
	1	+	By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 868
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 8, 2021;
	3	+	April 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	4	+	Affairs; May 10, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting
6	12		the parent-child relationship.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 105.002(c), Family Code, is amended to
9	15		read as follows:
10	16		(c) In a jury trial:
11	17		(1) a party is entitled to a verdict by the jury and
12	18		the court may not contravene a jury verdict on the issues of:
13	19		(A) the appointment of a sole managing
14	20		conservator;
15	21		(B) the appointment of joint managing
16	22		conservators;
17	23		(C) the appointment of a possessory conservator;
18	24		(D) the determination of which joint managing
19	25		conservator has the exclusive right to designate the primary
20	26		residence of the child;
21	27		(E) the determination of whether to impose a
22	28		restriction on the geographic area in which a sole managing
23	29		conservator or joint managing conservator may designate the child's
24	30		primary residence; and
25	31		(F) if a restriction described by Paragraph (E)
26	32		is imposed, the determination of the geographic area within which
27	33		the sole managing conservator or joint managing conservator must
28	34		designate the child's primary residence; and
29	35		(2) the court may not submit to the jury questions on
30	36		the issues of:
31	37		(A) support under Chapter 154 or Chapter 159;
32	38		(B) a specific term or condition of possession of
33	39		or access to the child; or
34	40		(C) any right or duty of a conservator, other
35	41		than a [the] determination [of which joint managing conservator has
36	42		the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the
37	43		child] under Subdivision (1)(D), (E), or (F).
38	44		SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
39	45		to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after
40	46		the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child
41	47		relationship filed before the effective date of this Act is
42	48		governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the
43	49		former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
44	50		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
45		-	______________________________ ______________________________
46		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
47		-	I certify that H.B. No. 868 was passed by the House on April
48		-	8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
49		-	voting.
50		-	______________________________
51		-	Chief Clerk of the House
52		-	I certify that H.B. No. 868 was passed by the Senate on May
53		-	19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
54		-	______________________________
55		-	Secretary of the Senate
56		-	APPROVED: _____________________
57		-	Date
58		-	_____________________
59		-	Governor
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