Tex. Fam. Code § 159.318 · Subchapter D. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A tribunal of this state may:
(1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and
(2) on request, compel a person over whom the tribunal has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 29, eff. July 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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