Texas Family Code - Section 155.001. Acquiring Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
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§ 155.001. ACQUIRING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a
court acquires continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the matters
provided for by this title in connection with a child on the
rendition of a final order.
(b) The following final orders do not create continuing,
exclusive jurisdiction in a court:
(1) a voluntary or involuntary dismissal of a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship;
(2) in a suit to determine parentage, a final order
finding that an alleged or presumed father is not the father of the
child, except that the jurisdiction of the court is not affected if
the child was subject to the jurisdiction of the court or some other
court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship before the
commencement of the suit to adjudicate parentage; and
(3) a final order of adoption, after which a
subsequent suit affecting the child must be commenced as though the
child had not been the subject of a suit for adoption or any other
suit affecting the parent-child relationship before the adoption.
(c) If a court of this state has acquired continuing,
exclusive jurisdiction, no other court of this state has
jurisdiction of a suit with regard to that child except as provided
by this chapter or Chapter 262.
(d) Unless a final order has been rendered by a court of
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, a subsequent suit shall be
commenced as an original proceeding.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 6.19, eff. Sept. 1,
1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 2.15, eff. June 14, 2001.
Section: 154.303 154.304 154.305 154.306 154.307 154.308 154.309 155.001 155.002 155.003 155.004 155.005 155.101 155.102 155.103
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