Tex. Fam. Code § 159.616 · Part 4. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR MODIFICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under Sections 159.601 through 159.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.
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History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 55, eff. July 1, 2015.
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