Texas Family Code - Section 6.308. Exercising Partial Jurisdiction
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§ 6.308. EXERCISING PARTIAL JURISDICTION. (a) A court in
which a suit for dissolution of a marriage is filed may exercise its
jurisdiction over those portions of the suit for which it has
authority.
(b) The court's authority to resolve the issues in
controversy between the parties may be restricted because the court
lacks:
(1) the required personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident party in a suit for dissolution of the marriage;
(2) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 152; or
(3) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 159.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Section: 6.301 6.302 6.303 6.304 6.305 6.306 6.307 6.308 6.401 6.402 6.403 6.4035 6.404 6.405 6.406
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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