By Isett H.B. No. 2829 76R6345 MCK-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the dissolution of a marriage on the grounds of 1-3 insupportability. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 6.009 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 6.009. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: 1-8 (1) "Conflict" means the mental struggle resulting 1-9 from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or 1-10 internal demands. 1-11 (2) "Destroy" means to ruin the structure, organic 1-12 existence, or condition of a thing. 1-13 (3) "Discord" means active quarreling, strife, or lack 1-14 of agreement or harmony. 1-15 (4) "Insupportable" means more than can be endured or 1-16 impossible to justify. 1-17 (5) "Legitimate" means conforming to recognized 1-18 principles or accepted rules and standards. 1-19 (6) "Legitimate ends of the marital relationship" 1-20 include: 1-21 (A) the intimate relationship between a husband 1-22 and wife; 1-23 (B) the establishment of a home to raise 1-24 children; 2-1 (C) the exercise by both parents of their 2-2 parental rights; and 2-3 (D) the provision of a stable environment for a 2-4 child. 2-5 (7) "Marital relationship" means the state of affairs 2-6 existing between persons who are married to one another. 2-7 (8) "Personality" means the totality of an 2-8 individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics. 2-9 (9) "Reconciliation" means the restoration of 2-10 friendship or harmony. 2-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and 2-12 applies only to a suit for dissolution of a marriage filed on or 2-13 after that date. A suit filed before the effective date of this 2-14 Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was 2-15 filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.