Bill Text: TX SB1404 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1404

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Filed [SB1404 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB1404-Introduced.html

	89R5045 KRM-F

	By: West	S.B. No. 1404



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered
	in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 105.006, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (c-1) and (i) and amending Subsection (f) to
	read as follows:
	(c-1) If a court renders an order under Subsection (c)
	prohibiting the disclosure of a party's information, the court
	shall require that the party provide to the court, for inclusion in
	the final order, an e-mail address at which the party may receive:
	(1) notice and service of process of subsequent
	motions, petitions, or other legal pleadings using the electronic
	filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code;
	and
	(2) other legal documents or required notices.
	(f) Except for an action in which contempt is sought, in any
	subsequent child support modification or enforcement action, the
	court may, on a showing that diligent effort has been made to
	determine the location of a party, consider due process
	requirements for notice and service of process to be met with
	respect to that party on delivery of written notice to the most
	recent residence address, e-mail address, or address of employment
	filed by that party with the court and the state case registry.
	(i) The clerk may send orders, notices, and other documents
	relating to a final order to which this section applies to the
	e-mail address provided by a party under this section using the
	electronic filing system established under Section 72.031,
	Government Code.
	SECTION 2. Section 106.002, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c) In rendering a judgment for attorney's fees or expenses
	under this section, the court shall render the judgment separate
	from any judgment confirming the amount of arrearages under Section
	157.263.
	SECTION 3. Section 157.167, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) In rendering a judgment for attorney's fees and court
	costs under Subsection (a), the court shall render the judgment
	separate from any judgment confirming the amount of arrearages
	under Section 157.263.
	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
	suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is pending in a
	trial court on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or
	after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.