LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 29, 2011

TO:	Honorable Chris Harris, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1404 by Sheffield (Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend and repeal portions of the Family Code. The bill would repeal a section which provides that a temporary order rendered under this subchapter may result in a change of circumstances sufficient to justify a temporary order modifying the child support obligations of a party. The bill would amend a section which provides that when a conservator is ordered to military duty, deployment, mobilization, or some temporary duty that involves moving a substantial distance, either conservator may file for an order without having to show a material and substantial change of circumstances other than the military deployment, mobilization, or duty to clarify the status of a nonparent who is appointed as a designated person in a temporary order rendered under this section. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

LBB Staff:

JOB, JT, TB