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Tex. Fam. Code § 159.612

RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of B.T.T. (2004)

Most recently applied in In Re BTT (December 2004)

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

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 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state:

(1) may enforce the order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;

(2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of the order that occurred before the effective date of the modification; and

(3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, on registration, for the purpose of enforcement.

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