Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 156. MODIFICATION
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Tex. Fam. Code § 156.003 (2026)

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Sec. 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 Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 9, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Hudson v. Markum, 931 S.W.2d 336 (Tex. App. 1996).
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Hudson v. Markum, 931 S.W.2d 336 (Tex. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “08(b) (Ver *338 non 1986) (current version at Tex.Fam.Code ANN. §§ 156.003,156.004 (Vernon 1996)).”
Rose v. Rose, 117 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. App. 2003). “Tex. FaM.Code Ann. § 156.003. A motion to modify an existing judgment, which is erroneously filed in the same cause as the existing judgment, is nonetheless effective to commence a new suit.”
Bollard v. Berchelmann, 921 S.W.2d 861 (Tex. App. 1996). “Cobb contends that Hewitt was not a necessary party entitled to service of process under TexFam. Code Ann. § 156.003 (Vernon Supp.”
in the Interest of S.C.S., a Child, 201 S.W.3d 882 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 156.003 (Vernon 2002).”
In Re Scs, 201 S.W.3d 882 (Tex. App. 2006). “See TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 156.003 (Vernon 2002).”
in the Interest of A.R., C.R., M.R., R.R., & J.R., Child. (Tex. App. 2017). “” See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 156.003 (West 2014).”
in the Interest of A.P., G.P., & T.P., Child. (Tex. App. 2020). “See TEX. FAM. CODE §§ 156.003 (“A party whose rights and duties may be affected by a suit for modification is entitled to receive notice by service of citation.”
in the Interest of B.S., a Child (Tex. App. 2022). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 156.003 (“A party whose rights and duties may be affected by a suit for modification is entitled to receive notice by service of citation.”
in the Interest of R.Y.C. & K.A.C., Child. (Tex. App. 2022). “21a (setting out methods of service for documents “other than the citation to be served upon the filing of a cause of action”) with TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. §§ 156.003, 156.004 (entitling party whose rights and duties may be affected by a suit for modification to receive notice by…”
In Re Allen Sproul v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024). “—San Antonio 1998, no writ) (citing TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 156.003). It is undisputed that Mother did not serve Father with notice and citation as required under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.”
In the Interest of G.K., a Child v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2025). “” Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 156.003 ; see In re A.”
in the Interest of B.T., a Child (Tex. App. 2015). “5 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 156.003 (West 2014).”
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