Bill Text: TX HB2449 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship of a child's interaction with a registered sex offender.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB2449 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2449-Introduced.html
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By: Raymond | H.B. No. 2449 |
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relating to disclosure in certain suits affecting the parent-child | ||
relationship of a child's interaction with a registered sex | ||
offender. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 153, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 153.017 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 153.017. DISCLOSURE OF CHILD'S INTERACTION WITH | ||
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. (a) In this section, "registered sex | ||
offender" means a person required to register as a sex offender | ||
under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(b) Before a court may render an order that provides for the | ||
conservatorship of, possession of, or access to a child, the court | ||
must order each party to disclose to the court whether the party has | ||
knowledge of a previous pattern of interaction between a registered | ||
sex offender and the child and whether the party believes that there | ||
is a reasonable probability of interaction between a registered sex | ||
offender and the child in the future. If a party makes a disclosure | ||
under this section indicating previous interaction or a reasonable | ||
probability of future interaction between the child and a | ||
registered sex offender, the court shall include in the order any | ||
terms the court finds necessary to protect the child's health or | ||
welfare. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 156, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 156.107 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 156.107. DISCLOSURE OF CHILD'S INTERACTION WITH | ||
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. (a) In this section, "registered sex | ||
offender" means a person required to register as a sex offender | ||
under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(b) Before a court may modify an order that provides for the | ||
conservatorship of, possession of, or access to a child, the court | ||
must order each party to disclose to the court whether the party has | ||
knowledge of a previous pattern of interaction between a registered | ||
sex offender and the child and whether the party believes that there | ||
is a reasonable probability of interaction between a registered sex | ||
offender and the child in the future. If a party makes a disclosure | ||
under this section indicating previous interaction or a reasonable | ||
probability of future interaction between the child and a | ||
registered sex offender, the court shall modify the order to | ||
include any terms the court finds necessary to protect the child's | ||
health or welfare. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is pending in a | ||
trial court on the effective date of this Act or filed on or after | ||
that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |