Sec. 159.208. CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended 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. 12, 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