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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of court files in a suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship in which continuing, exclusive |
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jurisdiction is transferred. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 155.207(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 10th working day after the date an |
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order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court transferring a |
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proceeding shall send, using the electronic filing system |
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established under Section 72.031, Government Code, to the proper |
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court to which transfer is being made: |
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(1) a transfer certificate and index of transferred |
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documents; |
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(2) a copy of each final order; |
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(3) a copy of the order of transfer signed by the |
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transferring court; |
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(4) a copy of the pleadings in the pending proceeding |
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and any other document specifically requested by a party [original |
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papers filed in the transferring court]; |
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(5) a copy of the transfer certificate and index of |
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transferred documents from each previous transfer; and |
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(6) a bill of any costs that have accrued in the |
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transferring court. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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155.207(a), Family Code, applies only to a suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship in which an order transferring |
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continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to another court is rendered on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship in which an order transferring |
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continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to another court is rendered |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the order was rendered, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |