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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 87(R)

House Bill 851

House Author:  Cook et al.

Effective:  9-1-21

Senate Sponsor:  Hughes


            House Bill 851 amends the Family Code to establish that a party who files a motion to modify any of the following orders in a family law case based on a material and substantial change of circumstances may not be considered on that basis alone to have admitted a material and substantial change of circumstances regarding any other matter: a spousal maintenance order or an order that provides for the appointment of a conservator of a child, the terms and conditions of conservatorship, for the possession of or access to a child, or for the support of a child.