Sec. 159.209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS. A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
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. 13, 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