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House Bill 568 |
House Author: Puente |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Harris |
House Bill 568 amends the Family Code to require that an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights contain the county of residence, rather than the address, of each parent. The bill amends the Texas Probate Code to authorize a probate court to declare that the parent of a child under 18 years of age may not inherit from or through the child if the court finds that the parent voluntarily abandoned the child and failed to support the child for at least three years before the child's death, or voluntarily abandoned the child's mother during pregnancy and failed to provide support or medical care for the mother, or was convicted or placed on community supervision for causing the death or serious injury of a child under certain sections of the Penal Code or Family Code. The bill requires that the parent be treated as if the parent predeceased the child for the purposes of inheritance or any other cause of action based on parentage.