Bill Text: TX SB567 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB567-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB567-Introduced.html
By: Huffman | S.B. No. 567 | |
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relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 203.004(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 203.004. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A domestic relations | ||
office may: | ||
(1) collect and disburse child support payments that | ||
are ordered by a court to be paid through a domestic relations | ||
registry; | ||
(2) maintain records of payments and disbursements | ||
made under Subdivision (1); | ||
(3) file a suit under this title, including a suit to: | ||
(A) establish paternity; and | ||
(B) enforce, clarify or modify a court order for | ||
child support or for possession of and access to a child; |
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(4) provide an informal forum in which alternative | ||
dispute resolution is used to resolve disputes under this code; | ||
(5) prepare a court-ordered child custody evaluation | ||
or adoption evaluation under Chapter 107; | ||
(6) represent a child as an amicus attorney, an | ||
attorney ad litem, or a guardian ad litem in a suit in which: | ||
(A) termination of the parent-child relationship | ||
is sought; or | ||
(B) conservatorship of or access to a child is | ||
contested; | ||
(7) serve as a friend of the court; | ||
(8) provide predivorce counseling ordered by a court; | ||
(9) provide community supervision services under | ||
Chapter 157; | ||
(10) provide information to assist a party in | ||
understanding, complying with, or enforcing the party's duties and | ||
obligations under this Code |
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(11) provide, directly or through a contract, | ||
visitation services, including supervision of court-ordered | ||
visitation, visitation exchange, or other similar services; | ||
(12) issue an administrative writ of withholding under | ||
Subchapter F, Chapter 158; and | ||
(13) provide parenting coordination services under | ||
Chapter 153. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |