78R6765 MCK-D

By:  Castro                                                       H.B. No. 2285



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to required notice of a change in certain information in a 
suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 105.007, Family Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	Sec. 105.007.  COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER REQUIRING NOTICE OF 
CHANGE OF REQUIRED INFORMATION.  (a) A party shall comply with the 
order by giving written notice to each other party and the court of 
continuing jurisdiction of an intended change in the party's 
current residence address, mailing address, home telephone number, 
name of employer, address of employment, and work telephone number.
	(b)  The party must give written notice by registered or 
certified mail of an intended change in the required information to 
each other party and the court of continuing jurisdiction on or 
before the 60th day before the change is made.  If the party does not 
know or could not have known of the change in sufficient time to 
provide 60-day notice, the party shall provide the written notice 
of the change on or before the fifth day after the date that the 
party knew of the change.
	(c)  The court may waive the notice required by this section 
on motion by a party if it finds that the giving of notice of a 
change of the required information would be likely to expose the 
child or the party to harassment, abuse, serious harm, or injury.  
The party requesting a waiver of the notice required by this section 
must file the motion at the earlier of:
		(1)  the 60th day before the date the party intends to 
make the change; or
		(2)  the 15th day after the date that the party knew of 
the change, if the party did not know or could not have known of the 
change in sufficient time to comply with Subdivision (1).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies to an order in a suit affecting the parent-child 
relationship rendered before, on, or after that date.