Tex. Fam. Code § 157.063 · Subchapter B. PROCEDURE

APPEARANCE.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A party makes a general appearance for all purposes in an enforcement proceeding if:

(1) the party appears at the hearing or is present when the case is called; and

(2) the party does not object to the court's jurisdiction or the form or manner of the notice of hearing.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm
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