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

Tex. Family Code § 155.203: DETERMINING COUNTY OF CHILD'S RESIDENCE.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 155. CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION; TRANSFER
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. TRANSFER OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION

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.

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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