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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle B - SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPChapter 152 - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Subchapter C - JURISDICTION
Section 152.203 - Jurisdiction to Modify Determination

Tex. Fam. Code § 152.203

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 152.203 - Jurisdiction to Modify Determination

Except as otherwise provided in Section 152.204, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under Section 152.201(a)(1) or (2) and:

(1) the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive continuing jurisdiction under Section 152.202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under Section 152.207; or
(2) a court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.

Tex. Fam. Code § 152.203

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.