Tex. Fam. Code § 155.207 · Subchapter C. TRANSFER OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
TRANSFER OF COURT FILES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than the 10th working day after the date an order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court transferring a proceeding shall send, using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code, to the proper court to which transfer is being made:
(1) a transfer certificate and index of transferred documents;
(2) a copy of each final order;
(3) a copy of the order of transfer signed by the transferring court;
(4) a copy of the pleadings in the pending proceeding and any other document specifically requested by a party;
(5) a copy of the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents from each previous transfer; and
(6) a bill of any costs that have accrued in the transferring court.
(a-1) The clerk of the transferring court shall use the standardized transfer certificate and index of transferred documents form created by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System under Section 72.037, Government Code, when transferring a proceeding under this section.
(b) The clerk of the transferring court shall keep a copy of the documents transferred under Subsection (a).
(c) The clerk of the transferee court shall:
(1) accept documents transferred under Subsection (a);
(2) docket the suit; and
(3) notify, using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code, all parties, the clerk of the transferring court, and, if appropriate, the transferring court's local registry that the suit has been docketed.
(c-1) The clerk of the transferee court shall physically or electronically mark or stamp the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents to evidence the date and time of acceptance under Subsection (c), but may not physically or electronically mark or stamp any other document transferred under Subsection (a).
(d) The clerk of the transferring court shall send a certified copy of the order directing payments to the transferee court:
(1) to any party affected by the order, and, if appropriate, to the local registry of the transferee court using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code; and
(2) to an employer affected by the order electronically or by first class mail.
(e) The clerks of both the transferee and transferring courts may each produce under Chapter 51, Government Code, certified or uncertified copies of documents transferred under Subsection (a) and must include a copy of the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents with each document produced.
(f) Sections 80.001 and 80.002, Government Code, do not apply to the transfer of documents under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 916 (H.B. 260), Sec. 16, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 7.01, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 11.007, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 389 (H.B. 1734), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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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.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 51CLERKSPrinted as Chapter 51, Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 72.031ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM.Printed as Section 72.031, Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 72.037TRANSFER CERTIFICATE AND INDEX OF TRANSFERRED DOCUMENTS FORM.Printed as Section 72.037, Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 80.001DELIVERY OF NOTICE OR DOCUMENT.Printed as Sections 80.001 and 80.002, Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 80.002DELIVERY OF NOTICE, ORDER, OR DOCUMENT.Printed as Sections 80.001 and 80.002, Government Code
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 155.207. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 85.064TRANSFER OF PROTECTIVE ORDER.Printed as Section 155.207
- Tex. Fam. Code § 155.201MANDATORY TRANSFER.Printed as Section 155.207(a)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 155.204PROCEDURE FOR TRANSFER.Printed as Section 155.207(a)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 262.201FULL ADVERSARY HEARING; FINDINGS OF THE COURT.Printed as Section 155.207
- Tex. Fam. Code § 262.203TRANSFER OF SUIT.Printed as Section 155.207(a)
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