Texas Family Code - Section 159.613. Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order Of Another State When Individual Parties Reside In This State
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§ 159.613. JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF
ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE. (a) If
all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the
child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state
has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child
support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under
this section shall apply the provisions of Sections 159.101 through
159.209 and 159.601 through 159.614 and the procedural and
substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or
modification. Sections 159.301 through 159.507 and 159.701 through
159.802 do not apply.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 159.606 159.607 159.608 159.609 159.610 159.611 159.612 159.613 159.614 159.615 159.701 159.801 159.802 159.901 160.001
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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