HBA-JRA H.B. 3210 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3210
By: Jones, Jesse
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
4/21/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Office of the Attorney General can file a motion with the
court on behalf of a custodial parent for enforcement of a child support
order up to six months after the child becomes an adult or the child
support obligation terminates under the order or by operation of the law.
H.B. 3210 extends that period from six months to four years. 

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. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 157.005(a), Family Code, to provide that the
court retains jurisdiction to render a contempt order for failure to comply
with a child support order if the motion for enforcement is filed by the
fourth anniversary of, rather than the sixth month after, the date the
child becomes an adult or on which the child support obligation terminates. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.