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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB2340Relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.
Direction
Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent✓ Reviewedmodel said: Restricts · Training and recordkeeping for custody evaluators; procedural, no change to either parent's rights.model confidence 80%
Requires child custody evaluators to have completed training on caring for children with intellectual or developmental disabilities and bars admission of their evaluations into evidence if the child has such a disability and the evaluator lacked the training, so more obligations for evaluators in a
(a-1) Unless the child custody evaluator is appointed under Section 107.106, the court may not admit into evidence a child custody evaluation report prepared under Section 107.113 if: (1) the child who is the subject of the report has an intellectual disability or developmental disability; and (2) on the date the evaluation that is the subject of the report was made, the child custody evaluator had not satisfied the training requirement under Section 107.104(f).
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Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2025-06-20: Effective on 9/1/25
Filed
2025-02-03
Sponsor
William Metcalf R, Judith Zaffirini D + 1 cosponsor (1 D)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill changes qualifications, training, record disclosure/retention/redaction, and evidentiary admissibility rules for child custody evaluators in private custody disputes between parents. These provisions affect the process and obligations in custody-parenting-time evaluations but do not alter substantive standards for custody awards, parenting time, support calculations, or third-party rights. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
Related bills
SB335Relating to the best interest of the child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB185Relating to certain services and interventions ordered in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship and to certain judicial training requ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB692Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship.=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB930Relating to the consideration of family violence and coercive control in determining conservatorship and possession of and access to a child↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
Hearings and calendar
2025-03-24 14:00 · Hearing · House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Committee Hearing E2.016