House Bill 891
House Author: Spiller et al.
Effective: 9-1-23
Senate Sponsor: Bettencourt
Current law prohibits a person from offering an expert opinion or recommendation relating to the conservatorship of or possession of or access to a child at issue in a suit unless the person has conducted a child custody evaluation relating to the child. House Bill 891 amends the Family Code to establish that such prohibition does not prohibit a person from offering an expert opinion regarding the qualifications of, reliability of the methodology used by, or relevance of the information obtained by a person who has conducted a child custody evaluation relating to the child as long as the person's testimony does not violate the prohibition.