SRC-JBJ H.B. 1377 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1377
By: Menendez (Van de Putte)
Jurisprudence
5/11/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas law, if a court finds that the Department of Protective
and Regulatory Services (department) has been the temporary or sole
managing conservator of the child for the six months preceding the filing
of the petition, then the court may terminate the parent-child
relationship.  H.B. 1377 provides that the court may terminate the
parent-child relationship if the department has been temporary or sole
managing conservator for six months, rather than the six months preceding
the filing of the petition.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 161.003(a), Family Code, to authorize a court to
order termination of the parent-child relationship in a suit filed by the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services under certain conditions. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.
            Makes application of this Act prospective.