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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit |
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affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.006(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (b) [and
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(c)], if the parent-child relationship between the child and every |
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living parent of the child has been terminated, an original suit may |
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not be filed by: |
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(1) a former parent whose parent-child relationship |
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with the child has been terminated by court order; or |
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(2) the father of the child[; or
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[(3)
a family member or relative by blood, adoption,
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or marriage of either a former parent whose parent-child
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relationship has been terminated or of the father of the child]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.006(c), Family Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |