{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.211","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.211","heading":"CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER.","body":"(a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.\n(b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.\n(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:\n(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or\n(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.\nAdded 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. 15, 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#159.211","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"99ae03182b2c5caebff29b946be4d7a0283a7e7d5469b136bf4ec82e1ec56c2d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.210","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}