HBA-BSM H.B. 2554 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2554
By: Uher
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
3/25/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a court may deny  a motion to transfer a child custody
proceeding if a child resides in another county for less than six months.
However, current law does not address motions for transfer based solely on
custody divided between parents who live in different counties.  House Bill
2554 requires a court to deny a motion to transfer in cases where the party
seeking transfer resides in a different county than the child and seeks to
transfer the case to the county where the party resides. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2554 amends the Family Code to require a court to deny a motion
to transfer a child custody proceeding if the court finds that the only
basis of the motion is that the party seeking transfer of the proceeding
resides in a different county than the county in which the child primarily
resides, and the party is seeking to transfer the proceeding to the county
in which the party resides.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.