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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain enforcement actions alleging the failure to pay |
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child support. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 157.162, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the court may award the |
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petitioner costs of court and reasonable attorney's fees in a |
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proceeding described by that subsection if the court finds that: |
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(1) on the date the motion for enforcement was filed, |
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the respondent was not current in the payment of child support as |
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ordered by the court; and |
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(2) the respondent made the child support payments |
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described by Subsection (d) after the date the respondent was |
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served notice or otherwise discovered that the motion for |
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enforcement had been filed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a motion for enforcement that is filed on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A motion for enforcement filed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |