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Texas Family Code - Chapter 159 Uniform Interstate Family Support ActLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Family Code > Texas Family Code - Chapter 159 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act If a provision of this chapter conflicts with a provision of this title or another statute or rule of this state and the conflict cannot ... This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, ... In this chapter: (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who: (A) is or is alleged to be owed ... The court is the tribunal of this state. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts ... (a) Remedies provided in this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, including the recognition of a support ... (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over ... Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support ... Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to another state and as a responding tribunal ... (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading ... (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, ... (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating ... (a) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls ... In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the ... A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under a support order against the amounts owed for the same period ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), Subchapters D-H do not apply to a tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in ... (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the ... (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. ... A minor parent or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit ... Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall: (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar ... (a) On the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: ... (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under Section 159.301(c), the responding ... If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, that tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to ... (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, on request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter. (b) A support ... (a) If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may ... An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § ... (a) The Title IV-D agency is the state information agency under this chapter. (b) The state information agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a current ... (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 ... If a party alleges in an affidavit or pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized ... (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may assess ... (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided ... A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or under law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding ... (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, ... A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal of another state or of a foreign country or political subdivision in a record, by ... A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) on request, compel a person ... (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the order. ... (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support ... An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support enforcement agency to the ... (a) On receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall ... If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of ... An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subchapter is not subject to civil liability to an ... An employer who wilfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued by another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties ... (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this ... (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another ... A support order or income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state may be registered in this state for enforcement. Added by Acts 1995, ... (a) A support order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in this state by sending to the appropriate tribunal in this state: ... (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the law of the issuing state governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under ... (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must ... (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing within 20 days ... (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or ... Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any ... 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 ... A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if ... (a) Except as provided by Section 159.615, on petition a tribunal of this state may modify a child support order issued in another state and ... 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 ... (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 ... Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with ... (a) If a foreign country or political subdivision that is a state refuses to modify its order or may not under its law modify its ... A court of this state authorized to determine the parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage ... (a) In this subchapter, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. (b) ... (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for ... In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter ... Texas Lawyers
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