Texas Family Code

§ 159.704 — INITIATION BY OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION

FA § 159.704Title 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. H. SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION

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(a)In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the office of the attorney general of this state shall:

(1)transmit and receive applications; and

(2)initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

(b)The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

(1)recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

(2)enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 58, eff. July 1, 2015.