{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.269","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 157.269","heading":"RETENTION OF JURISDICTION.","body":"A court that renders an order providing for the payment of child support retains continuing jurisdiction to enforce the order, including by adjusting the amount of the periodic payments to be made by the obligor or the amount to be withheld from the obligor's disposable earnings, until all current support, medical support, dental support, and child support arrearages, including interest and any applicable fees and costs, have been paid.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2018.","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 157. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER F. JUDGMENT AND INTEREST"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm#157.269","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"6830a8f0cf46f646a70d1b654bcaf52743800551a7e6bc21eed678a0566cc22d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.268","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}