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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB4942Relating to certain services and interventions ordered in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship and to certain judicial training requirements.
Direction
Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent✓ Reviewedmodel said: Expands · Limits court-ordered interventions in family-violence custody cases (must be evidence-based); same effect as limiting reunification therapy for the parent cut off from the child.model confidence 80%
Requires that any court-ordered service or intervention related to family violence or child abuse/neglect in a SAPCR be evidence-based with proof of effectiveness, therapeutic value, and safety, and adds judicial training on evaluating such services/interventions.
The court may not require a party or a child to participate in a service or intervention related to family violence or child abuse or neglect unless: (1) the service or intervention is evidence-based; and (2) there is generally accepted proof of the effectiveness, therapeutic value, and physical and psychological safety of the service or intervention.
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent✓ Reviewedmodel said: Expands · Limits court-ordered interventions in family-violence custody cases (must be evidence-based); same effect as limiting reunification therapy for the parent cut off from the child.model confidence 70%
Requires that any court-ordered service or intervention related to family violence or child abuse/neglect in a SAPCR be evidence-based with proof of effectiveness, therapeutic value, and safety, and adds judicial training on evaluating such services/interventions.
The court may not require a party or a child to participate in a service or intervention related to family violence or child abuse or neglect unless: (1) the service or intervention is evidence-based; and (2) there is generally accepted proof of the effectiveness, therapeutic value, and physical and psychological safety of the service or intervention.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds requirements that court-ordered services/interventions in SAPCRs (affecting conservatorship, possession, access) related to family violence or child abuse/neglect must be evidence-based and proven safe/effective, plus related judicial training; per guidelines, this limits court-ordered reunification-type services without both parents' consent or similar, so expands on custody-support axis for the paying/less-custodial parent (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
2025-05-05 14:00 · Hearing · House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Committee Hearing E2.016