Tex. Family Code § 159.206
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 159.206, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 159.206. CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(1) the order, if the order:
(A) is the controlling order; and
(B) has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
(1) the order, if the order:
(A) is the controlling order; and
(B) has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
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