{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.502","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 157.502","heading":"PROCEDURE.","body":"(a) A party to a child support order, or the Title IV-D agency in a Title IV-D case, may petition the court for a qualified domestic relations order or similar order in an original suit or in an action for child support enforcement under this chapter.\n(b) Each party whose rights may be affected by the petition is entitled to receive notice under Subchapter B.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 64 (H.B. 867), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.","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 J. CHILD SUPPORT QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm#157.502","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"831300a7cf5a5f7286256e3d8296fe76ed9afc3e47a3869d0fa2d86202ed8c4f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.501","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}