{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.609","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.609","heading":"PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE FOR MODIFICATION.","body":"A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 159.601 through 159.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.\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. 48, 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#159.609","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"aa3fb1486707626154462cd10b0ff6a315ea0bc3358a5cf306791bf8b77d4321","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.608","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}