Texas Family Code Title 5, Chapter 156 - Modification

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 156.001 - Orders Subject To Modification
  A court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction may modify an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of and access to a child. Added...
• Texas Section 156.002 - Who Can File
  (a) A party affected by an order may file a suit for modification in the court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. (b) A person or entity...
• Texas Section 156.003 - Notice
  A party whose rights and duties may be affected by a suit for modification is entitled to receive notice by service of citation. Added by...
• Texas Section 156.004 - Procedure
  The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit apply to a suit for modification under this chapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 156.005 - Frivolous Filing Of Suit For Modification
  If the court finds that a suit for modification is filed frivolously or is designed to harass a party, the court shall tax attorney's fees...

SUBCHAPTER B MODIFICATION OF CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION AND ACCESS, OR DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE

• Texas Section 156.006 - Temporary Orders
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the court may render a temporary order in a suit for modification. (b) While a suit for modification...
• Texas Section 156.101 - Grounds For Modification Of Order Establishing Conservatorship Or Possession And Access
  (a) The court may modify an order that provides for the appointment of a conservator of a child, that provides the terms and conditions of...
• Texas Section 156.102 - Modification Of Exclusive Right To Determine Primary Residence Of Child Within One Year Of Order
  (a) If a suit seeking to modify the designation of the person having the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of a child is...
• Texas Section 156.103 - Increased Expenses Because Of Change Of Residence
  (a) If a change of residence results in increased expenses for a party having possession of or access to a child, the court may render...
• Texas Section 156.104 - Modification Of Order On Conviction For Child Abuse; Penalty
  (a) Except as provided by Section 156.1045, the conviction of a conservator for an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code, or the conviction of a...
• Texas Section 156.1045 - Modification Of Order On Conviction For Family Violence
  (a) The conviction or an order deferring adjudication of a person who is a possessory conservator or a sole or joint managing conservator for an...

SUBCHAPTER E MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT

• Texas Section 156.105 - Modification Of Order Based On Military Duty
  The military duty of a conservator who is ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty, as those terms are defined by Section...
• Texas Section 156.401 - Grounds For Modification Of Child Support
  Sec. 156.401. GROUNDS FOR MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT. Text of subsection effective until September 01, 2018 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), (a-2), or...
• Texas Section 156.402 - Effect Of Guidelines
  (a) The court may consider the child support guidelines for single and multiple families under Chapter 154 to determine whether there has been a material...
• Texas Section 156.403 - Voluntary Additional Support
  A history of support voluntarily provided in excess of the court order does not constitute cause to increase the amount of an existing child support...
• Texas Section 156.404 - Net Resources Of New Spouse
  (a) The court may not add any portion of the net resources of a new spouse to the net resources of an obligor or obligee...
• Texas Section 156.405 - Change In Lifestyle
  An increase in the needs, standard of living, or lifestyle of the obligee since the rendition of the existing order does not warrant an increase...
• Texas Section 156.406 - Use Of Guidelines For Children In More Than One Household
  In applying the child support guidelines in a suit under this subchapter, if the obligor has the duty to support children in more than one...
• Texas Section 156.407 - Assignment Of Child Support Right
  A notice of assignment filed under Chapter 231 does not constitute a modification of an order to pay child support. Added by Acts 1995, 74th...
• Texas Section 156.408 - Modification Of Support Order Rendered By Another State
  (a) Unless both parties and the child reside in this state, a court of this state may modify an order of child support rendered by...
• Texas Section 156.409 - Change In Physical Possession
  (a) The court shall, on the motion of a party or a person having physical possession of the child, modify an order providing for the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016