Texas Family Code

§ 159.301 — PROCEEDINGS UNDER CHAPTER

FA § 159.301Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 159. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Art. D. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.

(b)Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 46.

(c)An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 13, 46, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 16, eff. July 1, 2015.