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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB4369Relating to the age at which a child may express a preference to the court on issues regarding residence and conservatorship in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
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Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Lowers the age at which a child's expressed preference must be considered by the court in conservatorship, primary residence, and modification decisions from 12 to 8, so the less-custodial parent's position is more likely to be advanced when a younger child prefers them.
the court shall interview in chambers a child eight [deleted: 12] years of age or older
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-04-01: Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill lowers from 12 to 8 the age at which a court must interview a child on their preference for conservatorship and primary residence (and must consider that preference in joint managing conservator and modification decisions), which expands the axis by giving more weight to the wishes of the less-custodial parent when a younger child prefers them.
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