§ 102.011. ACQUIRING JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.
(a) The court may exercise status or subject matter jurisdiction over
the suit as provided by Chapter 152.
(b) The court may also exercise personal jurisdiction over a
person on whom service of citation is required or over the person's
personal representative, although the person is not a resident or
domiciliary of this state, if:
(1) the person is personally served with citation in
this state;
(2) the person submits to the jurisdiction of this
state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a
responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to
personal jurisdiction;
(3) the child resides in this state as a result of the
acts or directives of the person;
(4) the person resided with the child in this state;
(5) the person resided in this state and provided
prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(6) the person engaged in sexual intercourse in this
state and the child may have been conceived by that act of
intercourse;
(7) the person registered with the paternity registry
maintained by the bureau of vital statistics as provided by Chapter
160; or
(8) there is any basis consistent with the
constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise
of the personal jurisdiction.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, § 2, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
§ 102.012. EXERCISING PARTIAL JURISDICTION. (a) A court
in which a suit is filed may exercise its jurisdiction over those
portions of the suit for which it has authority.
(b) The court's authority to resolve all issues in
controversy between the parties may be restricted because the court
lacks:
(1) the required personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident party;
(2) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 152; or
(3) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 159.
(c) If a provision of Chapter 152 or Chapter 159 expressly
conflicts with another provision of this title and the conflict
cannot be reconciled, the provision of Chapter 152 or Chapter 159
prevails.
(d) In exercising jurisdiction, the court shall seek to
harmonize the provisions of this code, the federal Parental
Kidnapping Prevention Act (28 U.S.C. Section 1738A), and the
federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Order Act (28 U.S.C.
Section 1738B).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 6.13, eff. Sept. 1,
1999.
(a) The court may exercise status or subject matter jurisdiction over
the suit as provided by Chapter 152.
(b) The court may also exercise personal jurisdiction over a
person on whom service of citation is required or over the person's
personal representative, although the person is not a resident or
domiciliary of this state, if:
(1) the person is personally served with citation in
this state;
(2) the person submits to the jurisdiction of this
state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a
responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to
personal jurisdiction;
(3) the child resides in this state as a result of the
acts or directives of the person;
(4) the person resided with the child in this state;
(5) the person resided in this state and provided
prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(6) the person engaged in sexual intercourse in this
state and the child may have been conceived by that act of
intercourse;
(7) the person registered with the paternity registry
maintained by the bureau of vital statistics as provided by Chapter
160; or
(8) there is any basis consistent with the
constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise
of the personal jurisdiction.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, § 2, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
§ 102.012. EXERCISING PARTIAL JURISDICTION. (a) A court
in which a suit is filed may exercise its jurisdiction over those
portions of the suit for which it has authority.
(b) The court's authority to resolve all issues in
controversy between the parties may be restricted because the court
lacks:
(1) the required personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident party;
(2) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 152; or
(3) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 159.
(c) If a provision of Chapter 152 or Chapter 159 expressly
conflicts with another provision of this title and the conflict
cannot be reconciled, the provision of Chapter 152 or Chapter 159
prevails.
(d) In exercising jurisdiction, the court shall seek to
harmonize the provisions of this code, the federal Parental
Kidnapping Prevention Act (28 U.S.C. Section 1738A), and the
federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Order Act (28 U.S.C.
Section 1738B).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 6.13, eff. Sept. 1,
1999.
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