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(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 46.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.
Section: 159.205 159.206 159.207 159.208 159.209 159.210 159.211 159.301 159.302 159.303 159.304 159.305 159.306 159.307 159.308
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