| TO: | Honorable Jim Jackson, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB435 by Parker (Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship that involve an alleged father who has not registered with the paternity registry.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Family Code to remove the requirement that an alleged/unknown father who failed to register with the paternity registry is entitled to a court-appointed attorney in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. The amendment is not anticipated to have a fiscal implication for court operations. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
To the extent court-appointed attorney fees paid by counties would be reduced by the amendments in this bill, the possible savings statewide is not anticipated to be significant.
| Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, JT, TB
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