By: West  S.B. No. 1923          (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2025; March 17, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;   April 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 7, 2025,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1923 By:  Johnson     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the   support of a child.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 156.409, Family Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a), (a-1), and (b) and adding Subsections   (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:          (a)  The court shall, on the motion of a party or a person   having physical possession of the child, modify an order providing   for the support of the child to provide that the person having   physical possession of the child [for at least six months] shall   have the right to receive and give receipt for payments of support   for the child and to hold or disburse money for the benefit of the   child if the sole managing conservator of the child or the joint   managing conservator who has the exclusive right to determine the   primary residence of the child has:                (1)  voluntarily relinquished to the person having   physical possession of the child the primary care and possession of   the child for at least six months;                (2)  been incarcerated or sentenced to be incarcerated   for at least 90 days; [or]                (3)  relinquished the primary care and possession of   the child in a proceeding under Title 3 or Chapter 262;                (4)  entered into an authorization agreement under   Chapter 34 with the person having physical possession of the child;   or                (5)  entered into a parental child safety placement   agreement under Section 264.902 with the person having physical   possession of the child.          (a-1)  If the court modifies a support order under this   section, the court shall order the obligor to pay the person or   entity having physical possession of the child any unpaid child   support that is not subject to offset or reimbursement under   Section 157.008 and that accrues after the date the sole or joint   managing conservator:                (1)  relinquishes possession and control of the child,   whether voluntarily or in a proceeding under Title 3 or Chapter 262;   [or]                (2)  is incarcerated; or                (3)  enters into an authorization agreement under   Chapter 34 or a parental child safety placement agreement under   Section 264.902 with the person having physical possession of the   child.          (b)  The court shall give preference to a motion filed under   Subsection (a)(5) and shall hold a hearing on the motion not later   than the 30th day after the date the motion is filed.          (c)  An order rendered under this section that modifies a   support order on the ground described by Subsection (a)(5):                (1)  must include a finding that the sole managing   conservator of the child or the joint managing conservator who has   the exclusive right to determine the primary residence of the child   has entered into a parental child safety placement agreement under   Section 264.902 with the person having physical possession of the   child; and                (2)  is temporary and expires on the earlier of:                      (A)  the 90th day after the date the parental   child safety placement agreement is signed; or                      (B)  the expiration date included in the order.          (d)  If a respondent has been ordered under Chapter 105 to   provide the court and the state case registry with the respondent's   current mailing address or e-mail address, notice [Notice] of a   motion for modification or hearing on a motion for modification   under this section may be served:                (1)  in the manner for serving a notice under Section   157.065; or                (2)  by e-mail through the electronic filing system   established under Section 72.031, Government Code.          (e)  A notice or document associated with a motion for   modification under this section not otherwise described by   Subsection (d) may be delivered in the manner described by   Subdivision (2) of that subsection.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a motion for modification of an order providing for the support   of a child filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A   motion for modification of an order providing for the support of a   child filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect on the date the motion was filed, and the former law is   continued for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *