Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1704 by Deshotel (Relating to disclosure of pregnancy or the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill amends Chapter 6 of the Family Code to require that the petition in a suit for dissolution of marriage state whether a party to the marriage is pregnant.
The bill also amends Chapter 102 of the Family Code to give an intended parent under an authorized gestation agreement standing to file an original suit.
The Office of Court Administration anticipates no significant fiscal impact to the state court system resulting from this bill.
The bill would go into effect on September 1, 2015.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal impact to local courts is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council