HB2558 - Relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison.

  89R21493 KRM-D     By: Dutton, Garcia of Dallas H.B. No. 2558       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the   obligor's confinement in jail or prison.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 157.162, Family Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:           (d)     The court may not find a respondent in contempt of court   for failure to pay child support if:                 (1)     the respondent appears at the hearing and presents   credible evidence showing that   the unpaid child support accrued   during the respondent's confinement in a local, state, or federal   jail or prison for a period of at least 90 consecutive days; or                 (2)     the respondent's attorney, if the respondent is   confined in jail or prison at the time of the hearing, appears at   the hearing and presents credible evidence showing that the unpaid   child support accrued during the respondent's confinement in a   local, state, or federal jail or prison for a period of at least 90   consecutive days.          SECTION 2.  Section 157.162(d), Family Code, as added by   this Act, applies to a hearing to enforce an order in a suit   affecting the parent-child relationship that commences on or after   the effective date of this Act. A hearing that commences before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the hearing commenced, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.