1-1     By:  Goodman (Senate Sponsor - Harris)                 H.B. No. 593
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to information required in certain pleadings in the Family
 1-9     Code.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 82.004, Family Code, is amended to read as
1-12     follows:
1-13           Sec. 82.004.  CONTENTS OF APPLICATION. An application must
1-14     state:
1-15                 (1)  the name and county of residence of each
1-16     applicant;
1-17                 (2)  the name[, address,] and county of residence of
1-18     each individual alleged to have committed family violence;
1-19                 (3)  the relationships between the applicants and the
1-20     individual alleged to have committed family violence; and
1-21                 (4)  a request for one or more protective orders.
1-22           SECTION 2. Section 102.008(b), Family Code, is amended to
1-23     read as follows:
1-24           (b)  The petition must include:
1-25                 (1)  a statement that the court in which the petition
1-26     is filed has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction or that no court
1-27     has continuing jurisdiction of the suit;
1-28                 (2)  the name[, sex, place] and date of birth[, and
1-29     place of residence] of the child, except that if adoption of a
1-30     child is requested, the name of the child may be omitted;
1-31                 (3)  the full name[, age, and place of residence] of
1-32     the petitioner and the petitioner's relationship to the child or
1-33     the fact that no relationship exists;
1-34                 (4)  the names[, ages, and place of residence] of the
1-35     parents, except in a suit in which adoption is requested;
1-36                 (5)  the name [and place of residence] of the managing
1-37     conservator, if any, or the child's custodian, if any, appointed by
1-38     order of a court of another state or country;
1-39                 (6)  the names [and places of residence] of the
1-40     guardians of the person and estate of the child, if any;
1-41                 (7)  the names [and places of residence] of possessory
1-42     conservators or other persons, if any, having possession of or
1-43     access to the child under an order of the court;
1-44                 (8)  the name [and place of residence] of an alleged
1-45     father of the child or a statement that the identity of the father
1-46     of the child is unknown;
1-47                 (9)  a full description and statement of value of all
1-48     property owned or possessed by the child;
1-49                 (10)  a statement describing what action the court is
1-50     requested to take concerning the child and the statutory grounds on
1-51     which the request is made; and
1-52                 (11)  any other information required by this title.
1-53           SECTION 3. Section 159.602(a), Family Code, is amended to
1-54     read as follows:
1-55           (a)  A support order or income-withholding order of another
1-56     state may be registered in this state by sending to the appropriate
1-57     tribunal in this state:
1-58                 (1)  a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting
1-59     registration and enforcement;
1-60                 (2)  two copies, including one certified copy, of all
1-61     orders to be registered, including any modification of an order;
1-62                 (3)  a sworn statement by the party seeking
1-63     registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the
1-64     records showing the amount of any arrearage;
 2-1                 (4)  the name of the obligor and, if known:
 2-2                       (A)  the obligor's [address and] social security
 2-3     number;
 2-4                       (B)  the name and address of the obligor's
 2-5     employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and
 2-6                       (C)  a description of and the location of
 2-7     property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution;
 2-8     and
 2-9                 (5)  the name [and address] of the obligee and, if
2-10     applicable, the agency or person to whom support payments are to be
2-11     remitted.
2-12           SECTION 4. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-13           (b)  The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act applies
2-14     to an application for a protective order filed on or after the
2-15     effective date of this Act.  An application filed before that date
2-16     is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
2-17     filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-18           (c)  The change in law made by Section 2 of this Act applies
2-19     to a petition in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship
2-20     filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A petition filed
2-21     before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
2-22     petition was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
2-23     that purpose.
2-24           (d)  The change in law made by Section 3 of this Act applies
2-25     to a request for the registration of a support or
2-26     income-withholding order of another state made on or after the
2-27     effective date of this Act.  A request made before that date is
2-28     governed by the law in effect on the date the request was made, and
2-29     the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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