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H .B. No. 905
1--I 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements of a 3 child in hearings on an application for a protective order. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Chapter 84, Family Code, is amended by adding 6 Section 84.006 to read as follows: 7 Sec. 84.006. HEARSAY STATEMENT OF CHILD VICTIM OF FAMILY 8 VIOLENCE. In a hearing on an application for a protective order, a 9 statement made by a child 12 years of age or younger that describes 10 alleged family violence against the child is admissible as evidence 11 in the same manner that a child's statement regarding alleged abuse 12 against the child is admissible under Section 104.006 in a suit 13 affecting the parent-child relationship. 14 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 15 a hearing on an application for a protective order that is commenced 16 on or after the effective date of this Act. A hearing on an 17 application for a protective order that is commenced before the 18 effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 19 date the hearing was commenced, and that law is continued in effect 20 for that purpose. 21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 905, Chapter 59,
legislative document,
May 17, 2011;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311689/m1/1/:
accessed April 28, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.