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79R4850 JMM-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 1128



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirement that the parties in a suit affecting the 
parent–child relationship attend parenting classes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 105.009(a), Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	(a)  In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, 
[including an action to modify an order in a suit affecting the 
parent-child relationship providing for possession of or access to 
a child,] the court shall [may] order the parties to the suit to 
attend a parent education and family stabilization course.  In an 
action to modify an order in a suit affecting the parent-child 
relationship providing for possession of or access to a child, the 
court may order the parties to the suit to attend a parent education 
and family stabilization course if the court determines that the 
order is in the best interest of the child.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship or an action to 
modify an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship 
filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A suit affecting 
the parent-child relationship or an action to modify an order in a 
suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 
date the suit or action to modify was filed, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.