Sec. 159.206. CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(1) the order, if the order:
(A) is the controlling order; and
(B) has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 10, eff. July 1, 2015.
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 159 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Section 159.201. Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident
Section 159.202. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction
Section 159.203. Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State
Section 159.204. Simultaneous Proceedings
Section 159.205. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order
Section 159.206. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order
Section 159.207. Determination of Controlling Child Support Order
Section 159.208. Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees
Section 159.209. Credit for Payments
Section 159.210. Application of Chapter to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction
Section 159.211. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order