HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM, Monday, March 24, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.016 
CHAIR:        Rep. Harold V. Dutton, Jr. 

HB 809         Thompson
Relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage.

HB 1193        Manuel                                   
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a marriage license, an application for a marriage license, and a declaration of informal marriage.

HB 1916        Cook                                     
Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.

HB 2558        Dutton                                   
Relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison.

HB 1973        Cook                                     
Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2350        Dutton                                   
Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2399        Leo Wilson                               
Relating to procedures and required findings in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2340        Metcalf                                  
Relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.

HB 116         Dutton                                   
Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.

HB 330         Meza                                     
Relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled substance.

HB 2496        Dutton                                   
Relating to required findings for the issuance of a protective order based on the commission of family violence.

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the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

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