1-1     By:  Harris                                            S.B. No. 252
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 16, 2001; January 17, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     March 6, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 6, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to notice of the appointment of a receiver in a suit for
 1-9     dissolution of a marriage.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 6.502, Family Code, is amended to read as
1-12     follows:
1-13           Sec. 6.502.  TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AND OTHER TEMPORARY ORDERS.
1-14     (a) While a suit for dissolution of a marriage is pending and on
1-15     the motion of a party or on the court's own motion after notice and
1-16     hearing, the court may render an appropriate order, including the
1-17     granting of a temporary injunction for the preservation of the
1-18     property and protection of the parties as deemed necessary and
1-19     equitable and including an order directed to one or both parties:
1-20                 (1)  requiring a sworn inventory and appraisement of
1-21     the real and personal property owned or claimed by the parties and
1-22     specifying the form, manner, and substance of the inventory and
1-23     appraisal and list of debts and liabilities;
1-24                 (2)  requiring payments to be made for the support of
1-25     either spouse;
1-26                 (3)  requiring the production of books, papers,
1-27     documents, and tangible things by a party;
1-28                 (4)  ordering payment of reasonable attorney's fees and
1-29     expenses;
1-30                 (5)  appointing a receiver for the preservation and
1-31     protection of the property of the parties;
1-32                 (6)  awarding one spouse exclusive occupancy of the
1-33     residence during the pendency of the case;
1-34                 (7)  prohibiting the parties, or either party, from
1-35     spending funds beyond an amount the court determines to be for
1-36     reasonable and necessary living expenses;
1-37                 (8)  awarding one spouse exclusive control of a party's
1-38     usual business or occupation; or
1-39                 (9)  prohibiting an act described by Section 6.501(a).
1-40           (b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date a receiver is
1-41     appointed under Subsection (a)(5), the receiver shall give notice
1-42     of the appointment to each lienholder of any property under the
1-43     receiver's control.
1-44           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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