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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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.
(b) The transferring court's local registry or the state disbursement unit shall continue to receive, record, and forward child support payments to the payee until it receives notice that the transferred case has been docketed by the transferee court.
(c) After receiving notice of docketing from the transferee court, the transferring court's local registry shall send a certified copy of the child support payment record to the clerk of the transferee court and shall forward any payments received to the transferee court's local registry or to the state disbursement unit, as appropriate.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Family Code - FAM § 155.205. Transfer of Child Support Registry - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/family-code/fam-sect-155-205/
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