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Texas · 90th Legislature Regular Session
HB692Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship.
Direction
Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Expands the locations where the court may interview a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship and allows the court to interview on its own motion, so more flexibility in hearing from the child on custody, possession, access and related issues.
the court: (1) on the application of a party, the amicus attorney, or the attorney ad litem for the child, shall interview a child 12 years of age or older in chambers or, at the court's discretion, in another location in the courthouse, and may interview a child under 12 years of age in chambers or, at the court's discretion, in another location in the courthouse, to determine the child's wishes as to: (A) conservatorship, possession, or access;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Family Code provisions on interviewing children in suits affecting the parent-child relationship (custody, possession, access, primary residence). It changes the interview location options, removes 'in chambers' requirements, adjusts when interviews are mandatory or discretionary, repeals subsection (b), and modifies the rule on introducing interviews in jury trials. These are procedural changes to how the court obtains and uses the child's input but do not alter the underlying rights or obligations of the paying/less-custodial parent versus the other parent on the custody axis
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
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
HB947Relating to a suit for dissolution of a marriage and associated suit affecting the parent-child relationship when a party is pregnant.↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed