Sec. 159.210. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter or under other law of this state relating to a support order or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state as provided by Section 159.316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state as provided by Section 159.317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state as provided by Section 159.318. In all other respects, Subchapters D, E, F, and G do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 14, eff. July 1, 2015.
Notes of Decisions
in the Interest of G.L.A.Jr., E.L.A. & R.R.A., 195 S.W.3d 787 (Tex. App. 2006).
“See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 159.210. With certain limited exceptions, subchapters D-H 6 of the Act— the subchapters containing the enforcement provisions — do not apply to a Texas tribunal that is: exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this…”
S.S. v. B.S., 46 Pa. D. & C.5th 173 (2015).
· cites it 3× “(Tex. FA Code ann. § 159.210), which violated the defendant’s due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and denied defendant’s contest of registration or enforcement *182 pursuant to 23 Pa.”
In Re Gla, 195 S.W.3d 787 (Tex. App. 2006).
“See TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 159.210. With certain limited exceptions, subchapters D-H [6] of the Act the subchapters containing the enforcement provisionsdo not apply to a Texas tribunal that is: exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this…”
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