{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.613","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 159.613","heading":"JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE.","body":"(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.\n(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Subchapters B and C, this subchapter, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Subchapters D, E, F, H, and I do not apply.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 3538), Sec. 52, 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#159.613","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"3e28109f72365119d084f7940b90499da1b495f07a007f1c6b55bca1c835f6a3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.612","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-159.614"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}