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 § 159.613 (2026)

Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order Of Another State When Individual Parties Reside In This State

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Sec. 159.613. JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE. (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Subchapters B and C, this subchapter, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Subchapters D, E, F, H, and I do not apply.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 52, eff. July 1, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: in the Interest of R.S.T., a Child, No. 14-15-00925-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 22, 2015).
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in the Interest of R.S.T., a Child, No. 14-15-00925-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 22, 2015). “The version of Texas Family Code section 159.613 that was effective when Father filed his motion to modify states, in relevant part: 11 (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state…”
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