Bill Text: TX HB2935 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services without taking possession of the child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB2935 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2935-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.B. No. 2935 |
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relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by | ||
the Department of Family and Protective Services without taking | ||
possession of the child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 262.201(e), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) The court may, for good cause shown, postpone the full | ||
adversary hearing for not more than seven days from the date of the | ||
attorney's appointment to provide the attorney time to respond to | ||
the petition and prepare for the hearing. The court may shorten or | ||
lengthen the extension granted under this subsection if the parent | ||
and the appointed attorney agree in writing. If the court postpones | ||
the full adversary hearing, the court shall extend a temporary | ||
order, temporary restraining order, or attachment issued by the | ||
court under Section 262.102(a) [ |
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protection of the child until the date of the rescheduled full | ||
adversary hearing. | ||
SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Family Code are | ||
repealed: | ||
(1) Section 262.113; | ||
(2) Section 262.1131; and | ||
(3) Sections 262.201(b) and (j). | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A suit filed by the | ||
department before that date is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |