Bill Text: TX HB850 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a waiver of service of process by a party to a suit for the dissolution of a marriage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-18 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB850 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB850-Introduced.html

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83R1543 KSD-F
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 850

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a waiver of service of process by a party to a suit for
the dissolution of a marriage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.4035(c), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Section 132.001, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, the [The] waiver must be sworn before a notary public
who is [but may] not [be sworn before] an attorney in the suit.
SECTION 2. Section 6.4035(c), Family Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to a waiver of service of process executed by a
party to a suit for the dissolution of a marriage on or after the
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the suit is filed
before, on, or after that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.