Bill Text: TX HB4507 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a petition to change the name of a child.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-05-15 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4507 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB4507-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 4507 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4507: | |||
| By: Johnson | C.S.H.B. No. 4507 | ||
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| relating to a petition to change the name of a child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 45, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 45.0015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 45.0015. WHO MAY FILE AFTER TERMINATION OF PARENTAL | ||
| RIGHTS; VENUE. (a) The following individuals may file a petition | ||
| requesting a change of name of a child for whom the parent-child | ||
| relationship between the child and the child's parents has been | ||
| terminated under Chapter 161: | ||
| (1) the child who is the subject of the order | ||
| terminating the parent-child relationship if the child is at least | ||
| 10 years of age; | ||
| (2) an attorney ad litem appointed to represent the | ||
| child's interests in a proceeding under Chapter 161; or | ||
| (3) a managing conservator appointed for the child | ||
| under Section 161.207. | ||
| (b) A petition requesting a change of name of a child under | ||
| this section must be filed in the county where the child resides. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 45, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 45.0025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 45.0025. REPRESENTATION OF CHILD PETITIONER. The | ||
| court shall appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the interest | ||
| of a child who files a petition under Section 45.0015 at the hearing | ||
| if the child is not already represented by an attorney. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
