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Timestamp: 2018-10-21 19:53:54
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Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction and Transfer - Texas Family Law
Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction and Transfer
§ 155.001. ACQUIRING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
(c) If a court of this state has acquired continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, no other court of this state has jurisdiction of a suit with regard to that child except as provided by this chapter, § 103.001(b), or Chapter 262.
§ 155.002. RETAINING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
§ 155.003. EXERCISE OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
§ 155.004. LOSS OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
§ 155.005. JURISDICTION PENDING TRANSFER.
(a) During the transfer of a suit from a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the transferring court retains jurisdiction to render temporary orders.
IDENTIFICATION OF COURT OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
§ 155.101. REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COURT OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
(a) The petitioner or the court shall request from the vital statistics unit identification of the court that last had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child in a suit unless:
§ 155.102. DISMISSAL.
If a court in which a suit is filed determines that another court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child, the court in which the suit is filed shall dismiss the suit without prejudice.
§ 155.103. RELIANCE ON VITAL STATISTICS UNIT INFORMATION.
(a) A court shall have jurisdiction over a suit if it has been, correctly or incorrectly, informed by the vital statistics unit that the child has not been the subject of a suit and the petition states that no other court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the child.
§ 155.104. VOIDABLE ORDER.
(a) If a request for information from the vital statistics unit relating to the identity of the court having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the child has been made under this subchapter, a final order, except an order of dismissal, may not be rendered until the information is filed with the court.
TRANSFER OF CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
§ 155.201. MANDATORY TRANSFER.
(a) On the filing of a motion showing that a suit for dissolution of the marriage of the child's parents has been filed in another court and requesting a transfer to that court, the court having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship shall, within the time required by § 155.204, transfer the proceedings to the court in which the dissolution of the marriage is pending. The motion must comply with the requirements of § 155.204(a).
(b) If a suit to modify or a motion to enforce an order is filed in the court having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a suit, on the timely motion of a party the court shall, within the time required by § 155.204, transfer the proceeding to another county in this state if the child has resided in the other county for six months or longer.
(d) On receiving notice that a court exercising jurisdiction under Chapter 262 has ordered the transfer of a suit under § 262.203(a)(2), the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction shall, in accordance with the requirements of § 155.204(i), transfer the proceedings to the court in which the suit under Chapter 262 is pending within the time required by § 155.207(a).
§ 155.202. DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER.
§ 155.203. DETERMINING COUNTY OF CHILD'S RESIDENCE.
§ 155.204. PROCEDURE FOR TRANSFER.
(a) A motion to transfer under § 155.201(a) may be filed at any time. The motion must contain a certification that all other parties, including the attorney general, if applicable, have been informed of the filing of the motion.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a) or § 262.203, a motion to transfer by a petitioner or movant is timely if it is made at the time the initial pleadings are filed. A motion to transfer by another party is timely if it is made on or before the first Monday after the 20th day after the date of service of citation or notice of the suit or before the commencement of the hearing, whichever is sooner.
(i) If a transfer order has been signed by a court exercising jurisdiction under Chapter 262, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall file the transfer order with the clerk of the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. On receipt and without a hearing or further order from the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the clerk of the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction shall transfer the files as provided by this subchapter within the time required by § 155.207(a).
§ 155.205. TRANSFER OF CHILD SUPPORT REGISTRY.
(a) On rendition of an order transferring continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to another court, the transferring court shall also order that all future payments of child support be made to the local registry of the transferee court or, if payments have previously been directed to the state disbursement unit, to the state disbursement unit.
§ 155.206. EFFECT OF TRANSFER.
(a) A court to which a transfer is made becomes the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and all proceedings in the suit are continued as if it were brought there originally.
§ 155.207. TRANSFER OF COURT FILES.
(a) Not later than the 10th working day after the date an order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court transferring a proceeding shall send to the proper court in the county to which transfer is being made:
TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS WITHIN THE STATE WHEN PARTY OR CHILD RESIDES OUTSIDE THE STATE
§ 155.301. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER.
(a) A court of this state with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding under Chapter 152 or a child support proceeding under Chapter 159 shall transfer the proceeding to the county of residence of the resident party if one party is a resident of this state and all other parties including the child or all of the children affected by the proceeding reside outside this state.
TEXAS FAMILY CODE, TITLE 5. SUBTITLE B. CHAPTER 155.