Sec. 159.614. NOTICE TO ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION. Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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
Subchapter G. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
Part 3. Registration and Modification of Child Support Order of Another State
Section 159.609. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification
Section 159.610. Effect of Registration for Modification
Section 159.611. Modification of Child Support Order of Another State
Section 159.612. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State