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Tex. Fam. Code § 159.603

EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Kendall v. Kendall (2011)

Most recently applied in in the Interest of E.H., A.H., and E.H., Children (November 2014)

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

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(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.

(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

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