| 1 | 1 | | 89R2199 AMF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thompson H.B. No. 782 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the transfer of a protective order. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Sections 85.064(a) and (b), Family Code, are |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) If a protective order was rendered before the filing of |
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| 14 | 14 | | a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the |
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| 15 | 15 | | parent-child relationship or while the suit is pending as provided |
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| 16 | 16 | | by Section 85.062, the court that rendered the order shall [may], on |
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| 17 | 17 | | the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, transfer the |
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| 18 | 18 | | protective order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit [if |
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| 19 | 19 | | the court makes the finding prescribed by Subsection (c)]. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) If a protective order that affects a party's right to |
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| 21 | 21 | | possession of or access to a child is rendered after the date a |
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| 22 | 22 | | final order was rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child |
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| 23 | 23 | | relationship, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, |
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| 24 | 24 | | the court shall [may] transfer the protective order to the court of |
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| 25 | 25 | | continuing, exclusive jurisdiction [if the court makes the finding |
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| 26 | 26 | | prescribed by Subsection (c)]. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 85.064(c), Family Code, is repealed. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. Section 85.064, Family Code, as amended by this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act, applies only to a motion to transfer a protective order that is |
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| 30 | 30 | | made on or after the effective date of this Act. A motion made |
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| 31 | 31 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 32 | 32 | | effect on the date the motion was made, and the former law is |
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| 33 | 33 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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