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AN ACT
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relating to the time in which to appeal a report by an associate |
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judge in a suit 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 201.015(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A party may appeal an associate judge's report by filing |
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notice of appeal not later than the seventh working [third] day |
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after the date the party receives notice of the substance of the |
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associate judge's report as provided by Section 201.011. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship filed before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the suit was filed, 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, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1995 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1995 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |