Senate Committee on Jurisprudence - 80th R.S. (2007)
Committee: | Senate Jurisprudence | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Senate Committee on Jurisprudence interim report | |
Subjects: | Adoption | Air pollution control technology | Child abuse | Child custody | Children's Advocacy Centers | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Grandparents | Houston, Texas | Judges | Juries | Medical records | Occupational licenses | Parents | Private investigators | Probate courts | Records management | Rules of evidence | Texas Code of Criminal Procedure | Visitation rights | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.80 J979 | |
Session: | 80th R.S. (2007) | |
Online version: | View report [161 pages File size: 5,386 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study the laws governing suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving non-parents, including suits for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent, and make recommendations for providing the best care and protection for the children involved. Provide an assessment of the constitutional issues involved with these suits. | |
2. | Study the management and storage of adoption records, including the costs and benefits of converting records into digital format. Study ways to increase access by adopted persons and their children and spouses to important family medical history information and ensure that medical history information is updated, while maintaining privacy and anonymity of records. | |
3. | Examine the role of heir finders in Texas and make recommendations regarding professional standards and fees for heir finders. | |
4. | Identify and study best practices for representation of children in child abuse and neglect cases and determine whether to implement further training, oversight, or other requirements for judges, attorneys, and others responsible for child abuse and neglect cases, including child sexual abuse cases. Develop and implement tools for children’s advocacy centers (CACs) and prosecutors to successfully investigate and prosecute child abusers. Include the following:
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5. | Study practices intended to enhance the jury experience and increase jury participation, including:
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6. | Study and make recommendations relating to the jurisdiction, authority, power and discretion of probate judges in Texas, including the authority of a probate judge to intervene in a non-probate case. | |
7. | Study administrative and legal procedures used by municipalities to exert regulatory authority beyond city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. Determine whether conflicts exist with agencies' regulatory authority and regulatory authority delegated to home-rule municipalities, and make recommendations for appropriate delegation and clarification of respective authorities. | |
8. | Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Jurisprudence Committee, 80th R.S., and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. |
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