Tex. Fam. Code § 152.203 · Subchapter C. JURISDICTION
JURISDICTION TO MODIFY DETERMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 152.201(a)(1) or (2) and:
(1) the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive continuing jurisdiction under Section 152.202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under Section 152.207; or
(2) a court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.
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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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.201INITIAL CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 152.201(a)(1)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.202EXCLUSIVE CONTINUING JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 152.202
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.204TEMPORARY EMERGENCY JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 152.204
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.207INCONVENIENT FORUM.Printed as Section 152.207
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 152.203. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.202EXCLUSIVE CONTINUING JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 152.201 or 152.203
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.204TEMPORARY EMERGENCY JURISDICTION.Printed as Sections 152.201 through 152.203
- Tex. Fam. Code § 152.208JURISDICTION DECLINED BY REASON OF CONDUCT.Printed as Sections 152.201 through 152.203
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