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Tex. Fam. Code § 6.305

ACQUIRING JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT RESPONDENT

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Dawson-Austin v. Austin (1998)

Most recently applied in Fuentes v. Zaragoza (May 2018)

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) If the petitioner in a suit for dissolution of a marriage is a resident or a domiciliary of this state at the time the suit for dissolution is filed, the court may exercise personal jurisdiction over the respondent or over the respondent's personal representative although the respondent is not a resident of this state if:

(1) this state is the last marital residence of the petitioner and the respondent and the suit is filed before the second anniversary of the date on which marital residence ended; or

(2) there is any basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of the personal jurisdiction.

(b) A court acquiring jurisdiction under this section also acquires jurisdiction over the respondent in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

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