Bill Text: TX HB482 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to agreed orders in family law matters.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-11 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB482 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB482-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 482 | |
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| relating to agreed orders in family law matters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 6.7021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 6.7021. AGREED ORDER. An agreed order in a suit for | ||
| dissolution of a marriage must comply with Section 105.0061. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 85.005, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) An agreed protective order must comply with Section | ||
| 105.0061. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 105, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 105.0061 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 105.0061. AGREED ORDER. An agreed order in a suit | ||
| affecting the parent-child relationship or other suit under this | ||
| code, other than Title 3, is not valid unless the order is signed by | ||
| each party to the suit and each attorney representing a party to the | ||
| suit. Each party and party's attorney must sign the order before | ||
| the order is signed by the judge or entered into the record. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| an agreed order entered into on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. An agreed order entered into before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect on the date on which the order | ||
| was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
