By: Harris S.B. No. 430

(In the Senate - Filed February 2, 2007; February 21, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; March 15, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 15, 2007, sent to printer.)

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.

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