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By: Cook, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
H.B. No. 1916 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2025; |
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May 12, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Jurisprudence; May 22, 2025, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 22, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain |
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property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9.201, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, |
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the court that rendered a final decree of divorce or annulment or |
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another final order dividing property under this title retains |
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continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to render an order under this |
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subchapter to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in |
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the final decree. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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suit to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in a |
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final decree of divorce or annulment that is pending in a trial |
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court on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or after |
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that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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