Bill Text: TX HB2671 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the postponement of a hearing for a temporary order in certain family law cases referred to mediation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2671 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2671-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2671 | ||
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| relating to the postponement of a hearing for a temporary order in | ||
| certain family law cases referred to mediation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 6.502, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) If the court on its own motion refers to mediation a | ||
| suit described by Subsection (a) in which a motion for a temporary | ||
| order described by that subsection is pending, the court may not | ||
| postpone the initial hearing on the pending motion to a date that is | ||
| later than the 30th day after the date set for the hearing. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 105.001, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) If the court on its own motion refers to mediation a | ||
| suit in which an initial hearing regarding the rendition of a | ||
| temporary order described by Subsection (a) has not yet occurred, | ||
| the court may not postpone the hearing to a date that is later than | ||
| the 30th day after the date set for the hearing. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
| suit that is pending in a trial court on the effective date of this | ||
| Act or that is filed on or after that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2671 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2671 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
