S.B. No. 1929
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an
  attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting
  the parent-child relationship.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 155.207(a) and (c), Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Not later than the 10th working day after [On] the date
  [signing of] an order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court
  transferring a proceeding shall send to the proper court in the
  county to which transfer is being made:
               (1)  the pleadings in the pending proceeding and any
  other document specifically requested by a party;
               (2)  certified copies of all entries in the minutes;
  [and]
               (3)  a certified copy of each final order; and
               (4)  a certified copy of the order of transfer signed by
  the transferring court.
         (c)  On receipt of the pleadings, documents, and orders from
  the transferring court, the clerk of the transferee court shall
  docket the suit and shall notify the judge of the transferee court,
  all parties, the clerk of the transferring court, and, if
  appropriate, the transferring court's local registry that the suit
  has been docketed.
         SECTION 2.  Section 262.203, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
         (d)  An order of transfer must include:
               (1)  the date of any future hearings in the case that
  have been scheduled by the transferring court;
               (2)  any date scheduled by the transferring court for
  the dismissal of the suit under Section 263.401; and
               (3)  the name and contact information of each attorney
  ad litem or guardian ad litem appointed in the suit.
         (e)  The court to which a suit is transferred may retain an
  attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem appointed by the
  transferring court. If the court finds that the appointment of a
  new attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem is appropriate, the court
  shall appoint that attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem before the
  earlier of:
               (1)  the 10th day after the date of receiving the order
  of transfer; or
               (2)  the date of the first scheduled hearing after the
  transfer.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an order of transfer rendered in a suit affecting the
  parent-child relationship on or after the effective date of this
  Act. An order of transfer in a suit affecting the parent-child
  relationship rendered before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1929 passed the Senate on
  April 28, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1929 passed the House on
  May 15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0,
  two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor