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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the standing requirements for certain suits affecting |
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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 102.004(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) In addition to the general standing to file suit |
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provided by Section 102.003, a grandparent, or another relative of |
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the child related within the third degree by consanguinity, may |
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file an original suit requesting managing conservatorship if there |
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is satisfactory proof to the court that: |
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(1) the order requested is necessary because the |
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child's present circumstances would significantly impair the |
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child's physical health or emotional development; or |
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(2) both parents, the surviving parent, or the |
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managing conservator or custodian either filed the petition or |
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consented to the suit. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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102.004, Family Code, applies only to an original suit affecting |
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the parent-child relationship filed on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An original suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date that the suit was filed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |