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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the termination of the duty to pay child support for a |
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child who enlists in the military. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 154.006(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly |
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provided in the order or as provided by Subsection (b), the child |
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support order terminates on: |
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(1) the marriage of the child; |
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(2) the removal of the child's disabilities for |
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general purposes; |
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(3) the death of: |
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(A) the child; or |
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(B) a parent ordered to pay child support; [or] |
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(4) a finding by a court that the child: |
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(A) is 18 years of age or older; and |
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(B) has failed to comply with the enrollment or |
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attendance requirements described by Section 154.002(a); or |
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(5) the enlistment of the child in the armed forces of |
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the United States. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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154.006(a), Family Code, applies to an order for child support |
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regardless of whether the order was rendered before, on, or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |