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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.1042, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) In a de novo hearing before the referring court, the |
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referring court may consider the record from the hearing before the |
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associate judge that is preserved by a means other than by a court |
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reporter if the record was preserved by a means approved by the |
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associate judge under Section 201.009(c) and: |
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(1) the proceeding was not recorded by a court |
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reporter; and |
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(2) a court reporter was not required to be provided |
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under Section 201.009 or any other law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 201.2042, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) In a de novo hearing before the referring court, the |
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referring court may consider the record from the hearing before the |
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associate judge that is preserved by a means other than by a court |
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reporter if the record was preserved by a means approved by the |
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associate judge under Section 201.009(c) and: |
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(1) the proceeding was not recorded by a court |
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reporter; and |
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(2) a court reporter was not required to be provided |
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under Section 201.009 or any other law. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a de novo hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship |
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requested on or after the effective date of this Act. A de novo |
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hearing requested before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |