Sec. 152.203. JURISDICTION TO MODIFY DETERMINATION. Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 152.201(a)(1) or (2) and:
(1) the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive continuing jurisdiction under Section 152.202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under Section 152.207; or
(2) a court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 152 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Section 152.201. Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction
Section 152.202. Exclusive Continuing Jurisdiction
Section 152.203. Jurisdiction to Modify Determination
Section 152.204. Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction
Section 152.205. Notice; Opportunity to Be Heard; Joinder
Section 152.206. Simultaneous Proceedings
Section 152.207. Inconvenient Forum
Section 152.208. Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct