Bill Text: TX HB1500 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1500 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1500-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1500 | ||
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| relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of | ||
| an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 156.006, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) A person who files a motion for a temporary order | ||
| authorized by Subsection (b)(1) shall execute and attach to the | ||
| motion an affidavit on the person's personal knowledge or the | ||
| person's belief based on representations made to the person by a | ||
| person with personal knowledge that contains facts that support the | ||
| allegation that the child's present circumstances would | ||
| significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional | ||
| development. The court shall deny the relief sought and decline to | ||
| schedule a hearing on the motion unless the court determines, on the | ||
| basis of the affidavit, that facts adequate to support the | ||
| allegation are stated in the affidavit. If the court determines | ||
| that the facts stated are adequate to support the allegation, the | ||
| court shall set a time and place for the hearing. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 156.006(b-1), Family Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies to a suit for modification filed on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A suit for modification filed before | ||
| that date 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1500 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1500 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
