80R5983 KSD-D
 
  By: Patrick, Dan S.B. No. 583
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of
insupportability.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 6.702, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
       (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] court
may not grant a divorce before the 60th day after the date the suit
was filed. [A decree rendered in violation of this subsection is
not subject to collateral attack.]
       (c)  The court may not grant a divorce on the grounds of
insupportability before:
             (1)  the 180th day after the date the suit was filed; or
             (2)  the 90th day after the date the suit was filed, if
the parties submit proof to the satisfaction of the court that the
parties completed at least 10 hours of marital counseling with a
person authorized by law to provide counseling.
       (d)  A decree rendered in violation of Subsection (a) or (c)
is not subject to collateral attack.
       SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a suit for dissolution of a marriage filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A suit for dissolution of a marriage
filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.