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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time in which to appeal a report by an associate |
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judge in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.015(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A party may appeal an associate judge's report by filing |
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notice of appeal not later than the seventh [third] day after the |
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date the party receives notice of the substance of the associate |
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judge's report as provided by Section 201.011. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship filed before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |