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Amend Amendment No. 29 by Keough (page 47 of the prefiled amendment packet) to CSHB 7 as follows:
(1)  In the recital to the amendment, strike "numbered SECTION" and substitute "numbered SECTIONS"
(2)  Immediately before the SECTION amending Section 264.203, Family Code, insert the following:
SECTION ____.  Section 107.013(a), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a)  In a suit filed by a governmental entity under Subtitle E in which termination of the parent-child relationship or the appointment of a conservator for a child is requested, the court shall appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the interests of the following parties immediately after the filing of the petition but before the full adversary hearing:
(1)  an indigent parent of the child who responds in opposition to the termination or appointment;
(2)  a parent served by citation by publication;
(3)  an alleged father who failed to register with the registry under Chapter 160 and whose identity or location is unknown; and
(4)  an alleged father who registered with the paternity registry under Chapter 160, but the petitioner's attempt to personally serve citation at the address provided to the registry and at any other address for the alleged father known by the petitioner has been unsuccessful.