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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 103.002: TRANSFER OF ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS WITHIN STATE.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
  4. CHAPTER 103. VENUE AND TRANSFER OF ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS

(a) If venue of a suit is improper in the court in which an original suit is filed and no other court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the suit, on the timely motion of a party other than the petitioner, the court shall transfer the proceeding to the county where venue is proper.

(b) On a showing that a suit for dissolution of the marriage of the child's parents has been filed in another court, a court in which a suit is pending shall transfer the proceedings to the court where the dissolution of the marriage is pending.

(c) The procedures in Chapter 155 apply to a transfer of:

(1) an original suit under this section; or

(2) a suit for modification or a motion for enforcement under this title.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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