{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.203","heading":"INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE.","body":"Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 7, 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 C. JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm#159.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"ed1cd88585d31dee22c58af6c9771cfd0a9ab3f24c7bbd36533326c667d8e660","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}