{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.209","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.209","heading":"CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.","body":"A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 13, 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#159.209","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"94ee66659e0ecae3f87fb5f1097a19a4b40da45ae38bd74a23b12c24b708941b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.208","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}