{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-103.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 103.002","heading":"TRANSFER OF ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS WITHIN STATE.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(c) The procedures in Chapter 155 apply to a transfer of:\n(1) an original suit under this section; or\n(2) a suit for modification or a motion for enforcement under this title.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 103. VENUE AND TRANSFER OF ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.103.htm#103.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"dcac4e04a9fd29fe657ae4cc3cf6388838c4e22d2082fd1a4374674a58628a25","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-103.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-103.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}