88R8132 PRL-F
By: Cook H.B. No. 2067
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain
property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9.201, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
the court that rendered a final decree of divorce or annulment or
another final order dividing property under this title retains
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to render an order under this
subchapter to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in
the final decree.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
suit to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in a
final decree of divorce or annulment that is pending in a trial
court on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or after
that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.