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House Bill 1366 |
House Author: Lucio III |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Rodriguez |
Current law provides that certain interlocutory appeals stay the commencement of a trial in the trial court pending resolution of the appeal. House Bill 1366 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to establish that an interlocutory appeal in a suit brought under the Family Code is an exception to this law.
House Bill 1366 amends the Family Code to specify that a waiver of the issuance or service of process executed by a party to a suit for the dissolution of a marriage is required to be sworn before a notary public who is not an attorney in the suit. The bill authorizes a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and to order the fees and expenses and any postjudgment interest to be paid directly to the attorney who is authorized to enforce the order. The bill also shortens by four working days the deadline by which parties to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship that are referred to associate judges must file a written request for a de novo hearing before the referring court and the deadline by which any other party to such a suit must file a request for a de novo hearing after the initial request was filed.