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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of the primary residence of a child in |
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certain parenting plans for joint managing conservatorship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 153.133, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), the court shall |
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render an order adopting the provisions of a written agreed |
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parenting plan appointing the parents as joint managing |
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conservators if the parenting plan: |
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(1) meets all the requirements of Subsections (a)(2) |
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through (6); and |
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(2) provides that the child's primary residence shall |
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be within a specified geographic area. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |