Bill Text: TX SB185 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the time for entering a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-28 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB185 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB185-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Perry, et al. | S.B. No. 185 | |
| (White) | ||
| Substitute the following for S.B. No. 185: No. | ||
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| relating to the time for entering a final order in certain suits | ||
| affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department | ||
| of Family and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 263, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 263.4011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 263.4011. RENDERING FINAL ORDER; EXTENSION. (a) On | ||
| timely commencement of the trial on the merits under Section | ||
| 263.401, the court shall render a final order not later than the | ||
| 90th day after the date the trial commences. | ||
| (b) The 90-day period for rendering a final order under | ||
| Subsection (a) is not tolled for any recess during the trial. | ||
| (c) The court may extend the 90-day period under Subsection | ||
| (a) for the period the court determines necessary if, after a | ||
| hearing, the court finds good cause for the extension. If the court | ||
| grants a good cause extension under this subsection, the court | ||
| shall render a written order specifying: | ||
| (1) the grounds on which the extension is granted; and | ||
| (2) the length of the extension. | ||
| (d) A party may file a mandamus proceeding if the court | ||
| fails to render a final order within the time required by this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 263.4011, Family Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship | ||
| filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting | ||
| the parent-child relationship filed before that date is governed by | ||
| the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and that law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
