Bill Text: TX HB2439 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the individuals to whom notice and information must be provided after the Department of Family and Protective Services or another agency takes possession of a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2439 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2439-Comm_Sub.html
| 88R5627 BDP-D | ||
| By: Thimesch | H.B. No. 2439 | |
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| relating to the individuals to whom notice and information must be | ||
| provided after the Department of Family and Protective Services or | ||
| another agency takes possession of a child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 262.109(d), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (d) The written notice may be waived by the court at the | ||
| initial hearing: | ||
| (1) on a showing that: | ||
| (A) the parents, conservators, or other | ||
| custodians of the child could not be located; or | ||
| (B) the department took possession of the child | ||
| under Subchapter D; [ |
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| (2) if the court finds that the alleged father | ||
| committed the offense of trafficking of persons as defined by | ||
| Article 56B.003, Code of Criminal Procedure, against the mother of | ||
| the child; or | ||
| (3) for other good cause. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 262.1095(c), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) The department is not required to provide information to | ||
| an individual if: | ||
| (1) the individual has received service of citation | ||
| under Section 102.009; [ |
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| (2) the department determines providing information | ||
| is inappropriate because the individual has a criminal history or a | ||
| history of family violence; or | ||
| (3) the department is aware or believes that the | ||
| alleged father committed the offense of trafficking of persons as | ||
| defined by Article 56B.003, Code of Criminal Procedure, against the | ||
| mother of the child. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child | ||
| relationship filed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
