Tex. Fam. Code § 159.711 · Subchapter H. SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION
MODIFICATION OF CONVENTION CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:
(1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or
(2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.
(b) If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this state, Section 159.708(c) applies.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 58, eff. July 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm
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