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Senate Bill 1490 |
Senate Author: Uresti et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Hunter et al. |
Senate Bill 1490 amends the Family Code to require a record of certain proceedings relating to a child custody determination made in a foreign country or to the enforcement of an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to be made by a court reporter or by other means approved by an associate judge. The bill authorizes a court, with respect to a petition seeking to enforce such a determination or order, to place a child with a parent or family member pending further order of the court only if the parent or family member has significant ties to the jurisdiction of the court; otherwise, the court must provide for the delivery of the child to the Department of Family and Protective Services in the manner provided for the delivery of a missing child. The bill revises the required contents of a warrant to take physical custody of a child.
Senate Bill 1490 amends the Penal Code to make it a third degree felony to knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement relating to a child custody determination made in a foreign country during certain hearings held in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.