By: Cook, Lujan (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2671
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;
May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the postponement of a hearing for a temporary order in
certain family law cases referred to mediation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.502, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) If the court on its own motion refers to mediation a
suit described by Subsection (a) in which a motion for a temporary
order described by that subsection is pending, the court may not
postpone the initial hearing on the pending motion to a date that is
later than the 30th day after the date set for the hearing.
SECTION 2. Section 105.001, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) If the court on its own motion refers to mediation a
suit in which an initial hearing regarding the rendition of a
temporary order described by Subsection (a) has not yet occurred,
the court may not postpone the hearing to a date that is later than
the 30th day after the date set for the hearing.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
suit that is pending in a trial court on the effective date of this
Act or that is filed on or after that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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