{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.603","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.603","heading":"EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT.","body":"(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.\n(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 40, 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 G. REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm#159.603","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"7e3f72918c8d71c87696d1862d169437400c9ba4da619fed5cfb374892e86681","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.602","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}