{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.105","heading":"APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING.","body":"(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Subchapters B through G and, as applicable, Subchapter H to a support proceeding involving:\n(1) a foreign support order;\n(2) a foreign tribunal; or\n(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.\n(b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Subchapters B through G.\n(c) Subchapter H applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Subchapter H is inconsistent with Subchapters B through G, Subchapter H controls.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 4, eff. July 1, 2015.","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 159. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm#159.105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"561e7704d079df5ce336dadd7dd2c0e253912e5853de6168bac322e05402f9f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}