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 159. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 159.610 (2026)

Effect Of Registration For Modification

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Sec. 159.610. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION. A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of Section 159.611 or 159.613 have been met.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 49, eff. July 1, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2015 · leading case: Sandra Earl Vail Knowles v. Neal Noble (Tex. App. 2009).
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Sandra Earl Vail Knowles v. Neal Noble (Tex. App. 2009). “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 159.610 (Vernon 2008).”
Marriage of Quezada CA4/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). “(c); see also § 4959 [“registered order may be modified only if the requirements of [§ 4960] have been met”]; Texas Fam. Code, § 159.610 [same].) As will be discussed anon, the 1997 California Child Support Order was registered for enforcement in Texas, but it was not modified…”
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