Title 5 › Chapter 155 › Subchapter A

Texas Family Code § 155.005

Jurisdiction Pending Transfer

Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction; Transfer · Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction

(a) During the transfer of a suit from a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the transferring court retains jurisdiction to render temporary orders.

(b) The jurisdiction of the transferring court terminates on the docketing of the case in the transferee court.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.