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Texas Family Code - Section 159.311. Pleadings And Accompanying Documents

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§ 159.311. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.  (a) In 
a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish 
a support order, to determine parentage, or to register and modify a 
support order of another state must file a petition.  Unless 
otherwise ordered under Section 159.312, the petition or 
accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, 
residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and 
the obligee or the parent and alleged parent and the name, sex, 
residential address, social security number, and date of birth of 
each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is 
to be determined.  Unless filed at the time of registration, the 
petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to 
have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any 
other information that may assist in locating or identifying the 
respondent.
	(b)  The petition must specify the relief sought.  The 
petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially 
with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law 
for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007