Bill Text: TX HB4898 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of a court over a child in the managing conservatorship of the state after the child's 18th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Human Services [HB4898 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4898-Introduced.html
| By: Campos | H.B. No. 4898 | |
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| relating to the jurisdiction of a court over a child in the managing | ||
| conservatorship of the state after the child's 18th birthday. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 263.608, Family Code, is amended as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 263.608. RIGHTS OF YOUNG ADULT. | ||
| (a) A young adult who consents to the continued jurisdiction | ||
| of the court has the same rights as any other adult of the same age. | ||
| (b) The court is prohibited from extending trial | ||
| independence status as described by Section 263.6015(c) or | ||
| extending jurisdiction over a young adult as described by Section | ||
| 263.602 if a young adult objects in court or in writing. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
