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