Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1195 by Bohac (Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would add a new Section 6.412, Family Code, requiring an attorney, before agreeing to represent a client in a suit for dissolution of marriage, to provide to the client a disclosure with information about arbitration, mediation, collaborative law, and alternatives to retaining an attorney for dissolution of a marriage. The State Bar would be required to adopt the disclosure form and the attorney would be required to obtain a written acknowledgment from the client that the form has been received and the disclosure understood.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council