Title 5 › Chapter 155 › Subchapter C

Texas Family Code § 155.203

Determining County of Child's Residence

Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction; Transfer · Transfer of Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction

See note following this section.

In computing the time during which the child has resided in a county, the court may not require that the period of residence be continuous and uninterrupted but shall look to the child's principal residence during the six-month period preceding the commencement of the suit.

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.