Texas Family Code - Section 159.612. Recognition Of Order Modified In Another State

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§ 159.612. RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER 
STATE.  If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state 
is modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed 
jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a 
tribunal of this state:
		(1)  may enforce the order that was modified only as to 
arrearages and interest accruing before the modification;
		(2)  may provide appropriate relief for violations of 
the order that occurred before the effective date of the 
modification;  and
		(3)  shall recognize the modifying order of the other 
state, on registration, for the purpose of enforcement.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 39, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

Last modified: August 10, 2007