85R4282 MM-D     By: Giddings H.B. No. 3109       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the duration of an appointment of a guardian ad litem or   an attorney ad litem for a child in the conservatorship of the   Department of Family and Protective Services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 107.016, Family Code, is amended to read   as follows:          Sec. 107.016.  CONTINUED REPRESENTATION; DURATION OF   APPOINTMENT. In a suit filed by a governmental entity in which   termination of the parent-child relationship or appointment of the   entity as conservator of the child is requested:                (1)  an order appointing the Department of Family and   Protective Services as the child's temporary managing conservator   may provide for the continuation of the appointment of the guardian   ad litem or attorney ad litem for the child for any period set by the   court; [and]                (2)  an order appointing the Department of Family and   Protective Services as the child's permanent managing conservator   shall provide for the continuation of the appointment of the   attorney ad litem for the child as long as the child remains in the   conservatorship of the department; and                (3)  an attorney appointed under this subchapter to   serve as an attorney ad litem for a parent or an alleged father   continues to serve in that capacity until the earliest of:                      (A)  the date the suit affecting the parent-child   relationship is dismissed;                      (B)  the date all appeals in relation to any final   order terminating parental rights are exhausted or waived; or                      (C)  the date the attorney is relieved of the   attorney's duties or replaced by another attorney after a finding   of good cause is rendered by the court on the record.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a   suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed before, on, or   after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.