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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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. | ||
