Bill Text: TX HB3311 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child or individual with whom the child resides before each court hearing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB3311 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3311-Comm_Sub.html

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82R14471 EES-D
By: Carter H.B. No. 3311
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3311:
By: Jackson C.S.H.B. No. 3311

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child
to meet with the child or individual with whom the child resides
before each court hearing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 107.004, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) A meeting required by Subsection (d) must take place:
(1) a sufficient time before the hearing to allow the
attorney ad litem to prepare for the hearing in accordance with the
child's expressed objectives of representation; and
(2) in a private setting that allows for confidential
communications between the attorney ad litem and the child or
individual with whom the child ordinarily resides, as applicable.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.