Tex. Fam. Code § 152.108 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS
NOTICE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this state for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice must be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice but may be by publication if other means are not effective.
(b) Proof of service may be made in the manner prescribed by the law of this state or by the law of the state in which the service is made.
(c) Notice is not required for the exercise of jurisdiction with respect to a person who submits to the jurisdiction of the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.152.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 152.108. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.106EFFECT OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.Printed as Section 152.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.205NOTICE; OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD; JOINDER.Printed as Section 152.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.210APPEARANCE OF PARTIES AND CHILD.Printed as Section 152.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.305REGISTRATION OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.Printed as Section 152.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.308EXPEDITED ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.Printed as Section 152.108
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.310HEARING AND ORDER.Printed as Section 152.108
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