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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle B - SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPChapter 159 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACTSubchapter G - REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER
Part 3 - REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE
Section 159.609 - Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification

Tex. Fam. Code § 159.609

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 159.609 - Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in 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 later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

Tex. Fam. Code § 159.609

Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 368,Sec. 48, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 368,Sec. 47, eff. 7/1/2015.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.