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Sponsors
House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Committee vote 7 aye, 0 nay, 4 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · Jurisprudence · Committee vote 4 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Companion
HB 782 by Thompson (identical)
Subjects
Courts--General
Family--Family Violence
Family--Marriage Relationship
Family--Parent & Child
Safety
DIVORCE
PROTECTIVE ORDERS
Text
The text as introduced · 288 words
89R2199 AMF-F
By: Zaffirini
S.B. No. 1559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of a protective order.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 85.064(a) and (b), Family Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) If a protective order was rendered before the filing of
a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the
parent-child relationship or while the suit is pending as provided
by Section 85.062, the court that rendered the order shall [ may ], on
the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, transfer the
protective order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit [ if
the court makes the finding prescribed by Subsection (c) ].
(b) If a protective order that affects a party's right to
possession of or access to a child is rendered after the date a
final order was rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion,
the court shall [ may ] transfer the protective order to the court of
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction [ if the court makes the finding
prescribed by Subsection (c) ].
SECTION 2. Section 85.064(c), Family Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 85.064, Family Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a motion to transfer a protective order that is
made on or after the effective date of this Act. A motion made
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the motion was made, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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