{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-152.309","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 152.309","heading":"SERVICE OF PETITION AND ORDER.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this state, upon the respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.\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 D. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.152.htm#152.309","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"6f54f1ecc67155a1f6059d9e5a2550b82b0d77a0f79c5fbcda821f4481254999","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-152.308","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-152.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}