| TO: | Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2770 by Eiland (Relating to adoption of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.), As Engrossed |
The bill would amend the Family Code relating to adoption of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. The bill would allow a court the discretion to find evidence establishes a risk of abduction of a child, and to order abduction prevention measures, including ordering the physical custody of a child. To the extent the bill would amend court procedures in child custody proceedings, no significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2007.
| Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, ZS, TB
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