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Senate Bill 869 |
Senate Author: West |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: Smithee |
Senate Bill 869 amends the Estates Code and Family Code to make revisions to provisions relating to suits affecting the parent‑child relationship and the enforcement of child support obligations. The bill does the following:
· establishes that an assignment to a third party of inherited property or an interest in such property by a child support obligor does not take effect to the extent that the property or interest could be applied to satisfy a support obligation;
· authorizes a party to a suit affecting the parent‑child relationship to use a digitized signature when executing a waiver of citation;
· requires a final order in a suit affecting the parent‑child relationship to include each party's email address and requires a party to the order to provide notice of any change in their email address;
· provides clarification with respect to the application of Social Security Disability lump‑sum payments paid directly to a child due to a child support obligor's disability;
· makes the prohibition against a court retroactively reducing child support, medical support, or dental support arrears applicable to all actions involving arrearages, rather than only enforcement actions as under current law;
· prohibits a court from delaying an adjudication of parentage solely because the court does have jurisdiction over all parties to the proceeding; and
· repeals a provision requiring that child support liens be renewed every 10 years to remain effective with respect to real property.