Bill Text: TX HB708 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the provision of certain evidence on request to certain parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-20 - Referred to Human Services [HB708 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB708-Introduced.html

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85R4232 MK-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 708

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of certain evidence on request to certain
parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by
the Department of Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 262.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 262.014. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN EVIDENCE. On the
request of the attorney for a parent who is a party in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship filed under this chapter,
or the attorney ad litem for the parent's child, the Department of
Family and Protective Services shall, before the full adversary
hearing, provide:
(1) the name of any person, excluding a department
employee, who the department believes is a witness to any of the
allegations contained in the petition filed by the department;
(2) a copy of any arrest record or offense report
relating to the parent that is material to the allegations
contained in the petition filed by the department; and
(3) a copy of any photograph that constitutes or
contains evidence that is material to the allegations contained in
the petition filed by the department.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after
the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.