Tex. Family Code § 102.011
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 102.011, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 102.011. ACQUIRING JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.
Official statutory text
(a) The court may exercise status or subject matter jurisdiction over the suit as provided by Chapter 152.
(b) The court may also exercise personal jurisdiction over a person on whom service of citation is required or over the person's personal representative, although the person is not a resident or domiciliary of this state, if:
(1) the person is personally served with citation in this state;
(2) the person submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(3) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the person;
(4) the person resided with the child in this state;
(5) the person resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(6) the person engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(7) the person, as provided by Chapter 160:
(A) registered with the paternity registry maintained by the vital statistics unit; or
(B) signed an acknowledgment of paternity of a child born in this state; or
(8) there is any basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of the personal jurisdiction.
(b) The court may also exercise personal jurisdiction over a person on whom service of citation is required or over the person's personal representative, although the person is not a resident or domiciliary of this state, if:
(1) the person is personally served with citation in this state;
(2) the person submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(3) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the person;
(4) the person resided with the child in this state;
(5) the person resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(6) the person engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(7) the person, as provided by Chapter 160:
(A) registered with the paternity registry maintained by the vital statistics unit; or
(B) signed an acknowledgment of paternity of a child born in this state; or
(8) there is any basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of the personal jurisdiction.
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