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Texas Family Code - Section 159.609. Procedure To Register Child Support Order Of Another State For Modification

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§ 159.609. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF 
ANOTHER STATE FOR MODIFICATION.  A party or support enforcement 
agency seeking to modify or to modify and enforce a child support 
order issued in another state shall register that order in this 
state in the same manner provided in Sections 159.601-159.604 if 
the order has not been registered.  A petition for modification may 
be filed at the same time as a request for registration or later.  
The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007