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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the mandatory transfer of certain protective orders |
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that affect a party's right to possession of or access to a child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 85, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 85.0641 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 85.0641. MANDATORY TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROTECTIVE |
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ORDERS. (a) This section applies only in a county with a population |
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of four million or more. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 85.064(a), during the pendency |
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of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, a court that |
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renders a protective order that affects the right of a party to the |
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suit to possession of or access to a child shall transfer the |
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protection order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit |
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affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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SECTION 2. Section 85.0641, Family Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a protective order rendered on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A protective order rendered before that |
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date is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was |
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rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |