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Texas Family Code - Section 159.301. Proceedings Under Chapter

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§ 159.301. PROCEEDINGS UNDER CHAPTER. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 46. (c) An individual or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state that has or that can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 13, 46, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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