Bill Text: TX HB559 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB559-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 559 |
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relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) If the court finds that the terms of the written | ||
agreement in a divorce or an annulment are just and right, those | ||
terms are binding on the court. If the court approves the | ||
agreement, the court may set forth the agreement in full or | ||
incorporate the agreement by reference in the final decree. If the | ||
court incorporates the agreement by reference in the final decree, | ||
the agreement is not required to be filed with the court or the | ||
court clerk. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies to an agreement incorporated by reference in a | ||
final decree of divorce or annulment regardless of whether the | ||
decree is signed before, on, or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the House on April | ||
9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |