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Tex. Fam. Code § 159.206

CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 159–159 (45 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case in the Interest of T.L. and S.L. (2010)

Most recently applied in in the Interest of T.L. and S.L. (June 2010)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff

(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 tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(1) the order, if the order:

(A) is the controlling order; and

(B) has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or

(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.