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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain procedures for cases and orders relating to the |
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Title IV-D agency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.104(e), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and subject to Section |
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201.1042(g), an associate judge may hear and render an order on any |
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matter necessary to be decided in connection with a Title IV-D |
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service, including: |
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(1) a suit to modify or clarify an existing child |
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support order; |
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(2) a motion to enforce a child support order or revoke |
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a respondent's community supervision and suspension of commitment; |
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(3) a respondent's compliance with the conditions |
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provided in the associate judge's report for suspension of the |
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respondent's commitment; [or] |
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(4) a motion for postjudgment relief, including a |
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motion for a new trial or to vacate, correct, or reform a judgment, |
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if neither party has requested a de novo hearing before the |
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referring court; |
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(5) a suit affecting the parent-child relationship; |
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and |
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(6) a suit for modification under Chapter 156. |
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SECTION 2. Section 231.118, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a return of the process |
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made under this section in a suit is not required to include the |
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address served if: |
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(1) a pleading filed in the suit requests a finding |
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under Section 105.006(c); or |
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(2) the court has previously made a finding and |
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ordered nondisclosure under Section 105.006(c) relating to the |
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parties and the order has not been superseded. |
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SECTION 3. Section 233.024(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) On the filing of an agreed child support review order |
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signed by all parties, together with waiver of service, the court |
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shall sign the order not later than the third day after the filing |
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of the order. On expiration of the third day after the filing of the |
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order, the order is considered confirmed by the court by operation |
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of law, regardless of whether the court has signed the order. The |
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court may sign the order before filing the order, but the signed |
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order shall immediately be filed. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act to |
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Section 201.104, Family Code, applies only to a Title IV-D case |
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referred to an associate judge under Subchapter B, Chapter 201, |
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Family Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A Title |
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IV-D case referred to an associate judge before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the case was |
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referred, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 231.118, |
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Family Code, applies to a suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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