Texas Family Code 159.301 – Proceedings Under Chapter
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 46.
Terms Used In Texas Family Code 159.301
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.