{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-152.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 152.203","heading":"JURISDICTION TO MODIFY DETERMINATION.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 152.201(a)(1) or (2) and:\n(1) the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive continuing jurisdiction under Section 152.202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under Section 152.207; or\n(2) a court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 152. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.152.htm#152.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"b670e03a787c846616044e51c5b065fbcb89cbc6c8499c1d2dd6611aa1f9fd21","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-152.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-152.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}