79R877 JMM-D
By: Goodman H.B. No. 248
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amendment of certain qualified domestic relations
orders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 9, Family Code, is amended
by adding Section 9.1045 to read as follows:
Sec. 9.1045. AMENDMENT OF QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS
ORDER. (a) A court that renders a qualified domestic relations
order retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to amend the order
to correct the order or clarify the terms of the order to effectuate
the division of property ordered by the court.
(b) An amended domestic relations order under this section
must be submitted to the plan administrator or other person acting
in an equivalent capacity to determine whether the amended order
satisfies the requirements of a qualified domestic relations order.
Section 9.104 applies to a domestic relations order amended under
this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
qualified domestic relations order issued before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.