Amend HB 261 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, lines 23-34) and
substitute the following:
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 153.432, Family Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 153.432. SUIT FOR ACCESS BY GRANDPARENT.
(2) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 153.433,
Family Code (page 1, line 37), strike "POSSESSION OF OR [AND] ACCESS
TO GRANDCHILD" and substitute "[POSSESSION OF AND] ACCESS TO
GRANDCHILD".
(3) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 153.433,
Family Code (page 1, lines 38, 43, 46, 50-51, and 59), strike
"possession of or" each place that phrase appears.
(4) Strike SECTION 5 of the bill (page 2, lines 10-13) and
substitute the following:
SECTION 5. Section 153.434, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 153.434. LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO REQUEST ACCESS. A
biological or adoptive grandparent may not request [possession of
or] access to a grandchild if:
(1) each of the biological parents of the grandchild
has:
(A) died;
(B) had the person's parental rights terminated;
or
(C) executed an affidavit of waiver of interest
in child or an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights under
Chapter 161 and the affidavit designates an authorized agency,
licensed child-placing agency, or person other than the child's
stepparent as the managing conservator of the child; and
(2) the grandchild has been adopted, or is the subject
of a pending suit for adoption, by a person other than the child's
stepparent.
(5) In SECTION 7 of the bill (page 2, line 20), strike
"153.432 and 153.433" and substitute "153.432, 153.433, and
153.434".