Title 5 › Chapter 159 › Subchapter G

Texas Family Code § 159.616

Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification

Uniform Interstate Family Support Act · Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under Sections 159.601 through 159.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.

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

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 55, eff. July 1, 2015.