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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a court |
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in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 155.004(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A court of this state loses its continuing, exclusive |
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jurisdiction to modify its order if: |
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(1) an order of adoption is rendered by another [after
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the] court in an original suit filed as described by Section |
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103.001(b) [acquires continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the
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suit]; |
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(2) the parents of the child have remarried each other |
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after the dissolution of a previous marriage between them and file a |
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suit for the dissolution of their subsequent marriage combined with |
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a suit affecting the parent-child relationship as if there had not |
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been a prior court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the |
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child; or |
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(3) another court assumed jurisdiction over a suit and |
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rendered a final order based on incorrect information received from |
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the vital statistics unit that there was no court of continuing, |
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exclusive jurisdiction. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to an order of adoption rendered on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, an |
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order of adoption rendered in an original suit filed as described by |
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Section 103.001(b), Family Code, on or after September 1, 2015, but |
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before the effective date of this Act by a court that would have |
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exclusive jurisdiction to render the order as a result of a court of |
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this state losing its continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under |
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Section 155.004(a), Family Code, as amended by this Act, is a final |
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order and is not subject to an appeal on that basis. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |