Texas Family Code Title 5, Chapter 155 - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction; Transfer
SUBCHAPTER A CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
- Texas Section 155.001 - Acquiring Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a court acquires continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the matters provided for by this title in connection with...
- Texas Section 155.002 - Retaining Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction retains jurisdiction of the parties and matters provided by this title. Added...
- Texas Section 155.003 - Exercise Of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction may exercise its jurisdiction to modify its order regarding managing conservatorship,...
- Texas Section 155.004 - Loss Of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
(a) A court of this state loses its continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order if: (1) an order of adoption is rendered after the...
SUBCHAPTER B IDENTIFICATION OF COURT OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
- Texas Section 155.005 - Jurisdiction Pending Transfer
(a) During the transfer of a suit from a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the transferring court retains jurisdiction to render temporary orders. (b) The...
- Texas Section 155.101 - Request For Identification Of Court Of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction
(a) The petitioner or the court shall request from the vital statistics unit identification of the court that last had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the...
- Texas Section 155.102 - Dismissal
If a court in which a suit is filed determines that another court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child, the court in which the...
- Texas Section 155.103 - Reliance On Vital Statistics Unit Information
(a) A court shall have jurisdiction over a suit if it has been, correctly or incorrectly, informed by the vital statistics unit that the child...
SUBCHAPTER C TRANSFER OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
- Texas Section 155.104 - Voidable Order
(a) If a request for information from the vital statistics unit relating to the identity of the court having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child...
- Texas Section 155.201 - Mandatory Transfer
(a) On the filing of a motion showing that a suit for dissolution of the marriage of the child's parents has been filed in another...
- Texas Section 155.202 - Discretionary Transfer
(a) If the basis of a motion to transfer a proceeding under this subchapter is that the child resides in another county, the court may...
- Texas Section 155.203 - Determining County Of Child's Residence
In computing the time during which the child has resided in a county, the court may not require that the period of residence be continuous...
- Texas Section 155.204 - Procedure For Transfer
(a) A motion to transfer under Section 155.201(a) may be filed at any time. The motion must contain a certification that all other parties, including...
- Texas Section 155.205 - Transfer Of Child Support Registry
(a) On rendition of an order transferring continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to another court, the transferring court shall also order that all future payments of child...
- Texas Section 155.206 - Effect Of Transfer
(a) A court to which a transfer is made becomes the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and all proceedings in the suit are continued as...
SUBCHAPTER D TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS WITHIN THE STATE WHEN PARTY OR CHILD RESIDES OUTSIDE THE STATE
- Texas Section 155.207 - Transfer Of Court Files
(a) Not later than the 10th working day after the date an order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court transferring a proceeding...
- Texas Section 155.301 - Authority To Transfer
(a) A court of this state with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding under Chapter 152 or a child support proceeding under Chapter...
Last modified: September 28, 2016