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  83R8775 KKA-D
 
  By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2774
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to intervention by a foster parent in a suit affecting the
  parent-child relationship.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 102, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 102.0031 to read as follows:
         Sec. 102.0031.  INTERVENTION BY FOSTER PARENT. A court may
  not permit a foster parent of a child placed in the foster parent's
  home by the Department of Family and Protective Services leave to
  intervene in a pending suit that involves the child unless the child
  has been in the foster parent's home for at least 12 months.
         SECTION 2.  Section 102.0031, Family Code, as added by this
  Act, applies only to a motion to intervene pending on or filed on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.