By:  Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Lucio)                              H.B. No. 884
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2003; 
April 3, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 2, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 2, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to alternative dispute resolution statements required in a 
suit for dissolution of a marriage and a suit affecting the 
parent-child relationship.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 6.404 and 102.0085, Family Code, are 
repealed.          
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies to a suit for dissolution of a marriage or a suit affecting 
the parent-child relationship filed before, on, or after that date.



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