By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1654


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notice of hearing on a motion for enforcement regarding 
child support and child custody.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 157.062, Family Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	Sec. 157.062.  NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  The notice of 
hearing must include the date, time, and place of the hearing.
	(b)  The notice of hearing need not repeat the allegations 
contained in the motion for enforcement.
	(c)  Notice of hearing on a motion for enforcement of an 
existing order providing for child support or possession of or 
access to a child shall be given to the respondent by personal 
service of a copy of the motion and notice not later than the 10th 
business day before the date of the hearing.
	(d)  If a motion for enforcement is joined with another 
claim:               
		(1)  the hearing may not be held before 10 a.m. on the 
first Monday after the 20th day after the date of service; and
		(2)  the provisions of the Texas Rules of Civil 
Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit apply.
	SECTION 2.  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.