HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
SUBCOMMITTEE:
Access and Possession & No-Fault Divorces
TIME & DATE:
10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
PLACE:
E2.026
CHAIR:
Rep. Ana Hernandez
The Committee will hear public testimony on the following Interim Charges:
 
1. Study the current Texas law governing suits by nonparents affecting the
parent child relationship, specifically including suits for possession of
or access to a child by a grandparent under Family Code, Sections
153.432-153.434 in light of Troxel v. Granville and other court rulings.
Recommend any needed changes.
 
2. Review methods for determining equal access and visitation under the
standard possession order, and ascertain whether or not the distance
parents reside from each other should create the need for a distinct
standard possession order.
 
3. Consider the law governing no-fault divorces and make recommendations
for any possible changes.