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 § 156.004 (2026)

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Sec. 156.004. PROCEDURE. The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit apply to a suit for modification under this chapter.

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

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Cited in 43 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: Carolee A. King v. Donald Joseph Lyons, 457 S.W.3d 122 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2014).
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Carolee A. King v. Donald Joseph Lyons, 457 S.W.3d 122 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2014). · cites it 6× “See Tex. Fam.Code § 156.004; Tex.R. Civ. P. 301; Flowers, 407 S.”
Baltzer v. Medina, 240 S.W.3d 469 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2007). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 156.004 (Vernon 2002).”
B.C. v. Rhodes Ex Rel. T.L.R., 116 S.W.3d 878 (Tex. App.—Austin 2003). · cites it 2× “Id. Conversely, in a proceeding to modify a protective order, at any time during its existence, all conditions and provisions therein are subject to change.”
in the Interest of P.A.C & K.V.C., Child., 498 S.W.3d 210 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016). “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 156.004 (Vernon 2014).”
William Adam Flowers v. Lacey Flowers, 407 S.W.3d 452 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2013). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 156.004 (West 2013).”
Bilyeu v. Bilyeu, 86 S.W.3d 278 (Tex. App.—Austin 2002). “(citing Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 156.004 (West 1996)).”
in the Interest of A.B.H. & L.N.H., Minor Child., 266 S.W.3d 596 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2008). · cites it 3× “4 But when an issue not raised by the pleadings is tried by the express or implied consent of the parties, it is treated in all respects as if it had been raised in the pleadings.”
In the Interest of A.M., 974 S.W.2d 857 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 156.004 (Vernon 1996).”
In the Interest of A.D., 474 S.W.3d 715 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2014). “62, 63; see also Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 156.004 (West 2014) (providing Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to original suit apply to suit for modification of a conservatorship and possession order); In re E.”
In the Interest of C.C.J., 244 S.W.3d 911 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008). “The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit apply to a suit for modification under Chapter 156 of the Texas Family Code. Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 156.”
in Re Wayne Dex Honea, 415 S.W.3d 888 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2013). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 156.004 (West 2008) provides that, in a suit to modify an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, “[t]he Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit apply.”
Slaughter v. Clement, 64 S.W.3d 448 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2001). “Tex.FaM.Code ANN. § 156.004 (Vernon 1996).”
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