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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the jurisdiction of a probate court in certain |
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guardianship proceedings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 154.309(c), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) A court that obtains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction |
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of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving a |
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disabled person who is a child retains continuing, exclusive |
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jurisdiction of subsequent proceedings involving the person, |
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including proceedings after the person is an adult. |
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Notwithstanding this subsection and any other law, a probate court |
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may exercise jurisdiction in a guardianship proceeding for the |
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person after the person is an adult. |
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SECTION 2. Section 606, Texas Probate Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) A statutory probate court or other court exercising the |
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jurisdiction of a probate court has jurisdiction in a guardianship |
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proceeding involving a disabled adult for whom another court |
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obtained continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in a suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship when the person was a child. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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guardianship proceeding pending in a trial court on or filed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |