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H.B. No. 1734 AN ACT relating to the transfer of court files in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which continuing, exclusive jurisdiction is transferred. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 155.207(a), Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Not later than the 10th working day after the date an order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court transferring a proceeding shall send, using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code, to the proper court to which transfer is being made: (1) a transfer certificate and index of transferred documents; (2) a copy of each final order; (3) a copy of the order of transfer signed by the transferring court; (4) a copy of the pleadings in the pending proceeding and any other document specifically requested by a party [original papers filed in the transferring court]; (5) a copy of the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents from each previous transfer; and (6) a bill of any costs that have accrued in the transferring court. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 155.207(a), Family Code, applies only to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which an order transferring continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to another court is rendered on or after the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which an order transferring continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to another court is 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1734 was passed by the House on April 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1734 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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