Texas Family Code

§ 152.305 — REGISTRATION OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION

FA § 152.305Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 152. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT · Art. D. ENFORCEMENT

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(a)A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this state:

(1)a letter or other document requesting registration;

(2)two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered and a statement under penalty of perjury that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the order has not been modified; and

(3)except as otherwise provided in Section 152.209, the name and address of the person seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination sought to be registered.

(b)On receipt of the documents required by Subsection (a), the registering court shall:

(1)cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.