Texas Family Code

§ 155.101 — REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COURT OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION

FA § 155.101Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 155. CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION; TRANSFER · Art. B. IDENTIFICATION OF COURT OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION

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(a)The petitioner or the court shall request from the vital statistics unit identification of the court that last had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child in a suit unless:

(1)the petition alleges that no court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child and the issue is not disputed by the pleadings; or

(2)the petition alleges that the court in which the suit or petition to modify has been filed has acquired and retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child as the result of a prior proceeding and the issue is not disputed by the pleadings.

(b)The vital statistics unit shall, on the request of the Department of Family and Protective Services, the court, an attorney, or a party:

(1)identify the court that last had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child in a suit and give the docket number of the suit; or

(2)state that the child has not been the subject of a suit.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.051, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 670 (H.B. 4795), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.