{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.402","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.402","heading":"PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE.","body":"A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 33, 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 E. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm#159.402","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"03205a1a386609d690a4f4ebd5440bf5a12eb1fcf7eebcef27f21d8d7aab5fdc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.401","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}