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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition against certain court orders in a suit |
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affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military |
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deployment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 151, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 151.004 as follows: |
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Sec. 151.004. PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN ORDERS DURING |
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PARENT'S MILITARY DEPLOYMENT. A court may not render an order |
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affecting the terms of a parent's possession of or access to the |
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parent's child on the sole grounds that the parent has voluntarily |
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abandoned or left the child or has otherwise voluntarily |
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relinquished the primary care and possession of the child if the |
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parent has temporarily relinquished the primary care and possession |
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of the child to another person during a period in which the parent: |
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(1) is ordered to duty as a member of the armed forces |
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of the United States, the Texas National Guard, or the National |
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Guard of another state without the option of being accompanied by |
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the child; and |
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(2) is serving in a location where access to the child |
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is not reasonably possible. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is pending in a |
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trial court on the effective date of this Act or filed on or after |
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that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |