Bill Text: TX HB435 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship that involve an alleged father who has not registered with the paternity registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-14 - Left pending in committee [HB435 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB435-Introduced.html
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By: Parker | H.B. No. 435 |
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relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship that | ||
involve an alleged father who has not registered with the paternity | ||
registry. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 102.008(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The petition must include: | ||
(1) a statement that the court in which the petition is | ||
filed has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction or that no court has | ||
continuing jurisdiction of the suit; | ||
(2) the name and date of birth of the child, except | ||
that if adoption of a child is requested, the name of the child may | ||
be omitted; | ||
(3) the full name of the petitioner and the | ||
petitioner's relationship to the child or the fact that no | ||
relationship exists; | ||
(4) the names of the parents, except in a suit in which | ||
adoption is requested; | ||
(5) the name of the managing conservator, if any, or | ||
the child's custodian, if any, appointed by order of a court of | ||
another state or country; | ||
(6) the names of the guardians of the person and estate | ||
of the child, if any; | ||
(7) the names of possessory conservators or other | ||
persons, if any, having possession of or access to the child under | ||
an order of the court; | ||
(8) except as provided by Sections 161.002(b)(2) and | ||
(3) in a proceeding in which adoption or termination of parental | ||
rights is requested, the name of an alleged father of the child or a | ||
statement that the identity of the father of the child is unknown; | ||
(9) a full description and statement of value of all | ||
property owned or possessed by the child; | ||
(10) a statement describing what action the court is | ||
requested to take concerning the child and the statutory grounds on | ||
which the request is made; and | ||
(11) any other information required by this title. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 107.013(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In a suit filed by a governmental entity in which | ||
termination of the parent-child relationship is requested, the | ||
court shall appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the interests | ||
of: | ||
(1) an indigent parent of the child who responds in | ||
opposition to the termination; | ||
(2) a parent served by citation by publication; and | ||
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paternity registry under Chapter 160, but the petitioner's attempt | ||
to personally serve citation at the address provided to the | ||
registry and at any other address for the alleged father known by | ||
the petitioner has been unsuccessful. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 102.008(b) and 107.013(a), Family Code, | ||
as amended by this Act, apply 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 the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |