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Texas Family Code - Section 159.210. Applicability To Nonresident Subject To Personal Jurisdiction

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§ 159.210. APPLICABILITY TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO 
PERSONAL JURISDICTION.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), 
Subchapters D-H do not apply to a tribunal of this state exercising 
personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this 
chapter or under other law of this state relating to a support order 
or recognizing a support order of a foreign country or political 
subdivision on the basis of comity.  The tribunal shall apply the 
procedural and substantive law of this state in a proceeding 
described by this subsection.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a tribunal of this 
state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a 
proceeding under this chapter or under other law of this state 
relating to a support order or recognizing a support order of a 
foreign country or political subdivision on the basis of comity 
may:
		(1)  receive evidence from another state as provided by 
Section 159.316;    
		(2)  communicate with a tribunal of another state as 
provided by Section 159.317;  and
		(3)  obtain discovery through a tribunal of another 
state as provided by Section 159.318.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.       

Last modified: August 11, 2007