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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to intervention by a foster parent in a suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 102, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 102.0031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.0031. INTERVENTION BY FOSTER PARENT. A court may |
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not permit a foster parent of a child placed in the foster parent's |
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home by the Department of Family and Protective Services leave to |
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intervene in a pending suit that involves the child unless the child |
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has been in the foster parent's home for at least 12 months. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.0031, Family Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a motion to intervene pending on or filed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |