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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as |
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evidence of abuse or neglect of a child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 262.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 262.013. VOLUNTARY TEMPORARY MANAGING |
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CONSERVATORSHIP. In a suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship, a person's voluntary agreement to temporarily place |
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the person's child in the managing conservatorship of the |
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department is inadmissible in a court hearing under this subtitle |
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as evidence that the person abused or neglected the child. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |