Bill Text: TX SB261 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - Referred to State Affairs [SB261 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB261-Introduced.html
| 86R874 KSD-F | ||
| By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 261 | |
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| relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) If the court finds that the terms of the written | ||
| agreement in a divorce or an annulment are just and right, those | ||
| terms are binding on the court. If the court approves the | ||
| agreement, the court may set forth the agreement in full or | ||
| incorporate the agreement by reference in the final decree. If the | ||
| court incorporates the agreement by reference in the final decree, | ||
| the agreement is not required to be filed with the court or the | ||
| court clerk. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 7.006(b), Family Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies to an agreement incorporated by reference in a | ||
| final decree of divorce or annulment regardless of whether the | ||
| decree is signed before, on, or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
