Amend HB 568 by inserting the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION and renumbering the following SECTION 
accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 41, Texas Probate Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
	(e)  Parent-Child Relationship.  A probate court may declare 
that the parent of a child under 18 years of age may not inherit from 
or through the child under the laws of descent and distribution if 
the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the parent 
has:
		(1)  voluntarily abandoned and failed to support the 
child in accordance with the parent's obligation or ability for a 
minimum of three years before the date of the child's death, and did 
not resume support for the child before that date;
		(2)  voluntarily and with knowledge of the pregnancy, 
abandoned the mother of the child beginning at a time during her 
pregnancy with the child and continuing through the birth, failed 
to provide adequate support or medical care for the mother during 
the period of abandonment before the birth of the child, and 
remained apart from and failed to support the child since birth; or
		(3)  been convicted or has been placed on community 
supervision, including deferred adjudication community 
supervision, for being criminally responsible for the death or 
serious injury of a child under the following sections of the Penal 
Code or adjudicated under Title 3, Family Code, for conduct that 
caused the death or serious injury of a child and that would 
constitute a violation of one of the following Penal Code sections:
			(A)  Section 19.02 (murder);                                          
			(B)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);                                  
			(C)  Section 19.04 (manslaughter);                                    
			(D)  Section 21.11 (indecency with a child);                          
			(E)  Section 22.01 (assault);                                         
			(F)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);                                 
			(G)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);                              
			(H)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault);                      
			(I)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly 
individual, or disabled individual);
			(J)  Section 22.041 (abandoning or endangering 
child);              
			(K)  Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct);                       
			(L)  Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a 
child);  and            
			(M)  Section 43.26 (possession or promotion of 
child pornography).  
	(f)  Treatment of Certain Relationships.  On determination 
that the parent of a child may not inherit from or through the child 
under Subsection (e) of this section, the parent shall be treated as 
if the parent predeceased the child for purposes of:
		(1)  inheritance under the laws of descent and 
distribution; and     
		(2)  any other cause of action based on parentage.                     
	SECTION __.  The changes in law made by SECTION __ of this 
Act apply only to the estate of a person who dies on or after the 
effective date of this Act.  An estate of a person who dies before 
the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the 
date of the person's death, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.