80R1891 JMM-F
 
  By: Phillips H.B. No. 445
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a claim for reimbursement in a suit to dissolve a
marriage.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 3.408, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
       (e)  The party seeking an offset to a claim for reimbursement
has the burden of proof with respect to the offset.
       SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a suit for dissolution of a marriage pending before a trial court
on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.