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House Bill 1854 |
House Author: Dutton |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Hughes |
Under current law, a court loses its continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship if an order of adoption is rendered after the court acquires continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the suit. House Bill 1854 amends the Family Code to clarify that the loss of jurisdiction is triggered by another court rendering an order of adoption in an original suit filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioners reside.