Bill Text: TX HB697 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as evidence of abuse or neglect of a child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-19 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB697 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB697-Introduced.html

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85R1622 MCK-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 697

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as
evidence of abuse or neglect of a child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 262.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 262.013. VOLUNTARY TEMPORARY MANAGING
CONSERVATORSHIP. In a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship, a person's voluntary agreement to temporarily place
the person's child in the managing conservatorship of the
department is inadmissible in a court hearing under this subtitle
as evidence that the person abused or neglected the child.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.