Bill Text: TX SB739 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the postponement of certain hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB739 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB739-Introduced.html
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| By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 739 | |
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| relating to the postponement of certain hearings in suits affecting | ||
| the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family | ||
| and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 262.201, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-5) If a parent who is not indigent appears in opposition | ||
| to the suit, the court may, for good cause shown, postpone the full | ||
| adversary hearing for not more than seven days from the date of the | ||
| parent's appearance to allow the parent to hire an attorney or to | ||
| provide the parent's attorney time to respond to the petition and | ||
| prepare for the hearing. A postponement under this subsection is | ||
| subject to the limits and requirements prescribed by Subsection | ||
| (a-3). | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child | ||
| relationship filed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date that the suit was filed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
