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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to limiting possession of and access to a child by certain |
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parents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 153.004, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d-2) and (d-3) to read as follows: |
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(d-2) The court may not appoint a child's parent as sole |
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managing conservator or joint managing conservator if the parent |
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has been convicted of an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11, |
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22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code, against a victim who was |
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younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offense. |
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(d-3) The court may not allow a parent described by |
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Subsection (d-2) to have unsupervised visitation with the child if |
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the parent committed the offense described by that subsection |
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during the five-year period preceding the filing of the suit or |
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during the pendency of the suit. If the parent committed the |
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offense described by Subsection (d-2) five or more years before the |
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filing of the suit, the court may allow the parent to have |
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unsupervised visitation with the child only if the court determines |
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that the visitation would be in the best interest of the child. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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suit affecting the parent-child relationship pending before a trial |
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court or filed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The enactment of this Act constitutes a material |
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and substantial change of circumstances sufficient to warrant |
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modification of a court order or portion of a decree that provides |
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for conservatorship or possession of or access to a child rendered |
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before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |