HB4035 Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent model confidence 80%

Requires that judgments for attorney's fees or expenses in child support modification or enforcement actions be rendered separately from judgments confirming child support arrearages.

In rendering a judgment for attorney's fees or expenses under this section, the court shall render the judgment separate from any judgment confirming the amount of arrearages under Section 157.263.

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Allows courts to consider due process requirements for notice and service of process met by delivery to a party's most recent e-mail address filed with the court in subsequent child support modification or enforcement actions, upon a showing of diligent effort to locate the party.

in any subsequent child support modification or enforcement action, the court may, on a showing that diligent effort has been made to determine the location of a party, consider due process requirements for notice and service of process to be met with respect to that party on delivery of written notice to the most recent residence address, e-mail address, or address of employment filed by that party with the court and the state case registry.

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Establishes procedures for providing an e-mail address for electronic notice and service in suits affecting the parent-child relationship when a court prohibits disclosure of a party's information, with an exception if it would endanger the party's safety.

Except as provided by Subsection (c-2), if a court renders an order under Subsection (c) prohibiting the disclosure of a party's information, the court shall require that the party provide to the court, for inclusion in the final order, an e-mail address at which the party may receive: (1) notice and service of process of subsequent motions, petitions, or other legal pleadings using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code; and (2) other legal documents or required notices.

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