LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 10, 2025 TO: Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB2340 by Metcalf (relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require after the filing of a notice, that certain records be made available on written request from an attorney for a party, a party who does not have an attorney, and any person appointed in the suit in which the evaluator conducted the evaluation. It is assumed any costs to the Office of Court Administration could be absorbed within existing resources. It is also assumed there would be no fiscal impact to the Department of Family and Protective Services. Local Government ImpactNo fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, KDw, ER, AN
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 10, 2025
TO: Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB2340 by Metcalf (relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2340 by Metcalf (relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2340 by Metcalf (relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB2340 by Metcalf (relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require after the filing of a notice, that certain records be made available on written request from an attorney for a party, a party who does not have an attorney, and any person appointed in the suit in which the evaluator conducted the evaluation. It is assumed any costs to the Office of Court Administration could be absorbed within existing resources. It is also assumed there would be no fiscal impact to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
The bill would require after the filing of a notice, that certain records be made available on written request from an attorney for a party, a party who does not have an attorney, and any person appointed in the suit in which the evaluator conducted the evaluation.
It is assumed any costs to the Office of Court Administration could be absorbed within existing resources. It is also assumed there would be no fiscal impact to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
It is assumed any costs to the Office of Court Administration could be absorbed within existing resources. It is also assumed there would be no fiscal impact to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, KDw, ER, AN
JMc, KDw, ER, AN