Texas § 157.501 JURISDICTION FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.

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§ 157.501 — JURISDICTION FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.

Texas § 157.501

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Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 157.501 (2026).

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Sec. 157.501. JURISDICTION FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.

(a)The court that rendered an order for the payment of child support, or the court that obtains jurisdiction to enforce a child support order under Chapter 159 , has continuing jurisdiction to render enforceable qualified domestic relations orders or similar orders permitting payment of pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefits to an alternate payee or other lawful payee to satisfy support amounts due under the child support order. A child support order includes a temporary or final order for child support, medical support, or dental support and arrears and interest with respect to that order.

(b)Unless prohibited by federal law, a suit seeking a qualified domestic relations order or similar order under this su

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Sec. 157.501. JURISDICTION FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER. (a) The court that rendered an order for the payment of child support, or the court that obtains jurisdiction to enforce a child support order under Chapter 159 , has continuing jurisdiction to render enforceable qualified domestic relations orders or similar orders permitting payment of pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefits to an alternate payee or other lawful payee to satisfy support amounts due under the child support order. A child support order includes a temporary or final order for child support, medical support, or dental support and arrears and interest with respect to that order.
(b) Unless prohibited by federal law, a suit seeking a qualified domestic relations order or similar order under this subchapter applies to a pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefit, regardless of whether the pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefit:
(1) is private, state, or federal;
(2) is subject to another qualified domestic relations order or similar order;
(3) is property that is the subject of a pending proceeding for dissolution of a marriage;
(4) is property disposed of in a previous decree for dissolution of a marriage; or
(5) is the subject of an agreement under Chapter 4 .
(c) A court described by Subsection (a) retains jurisdiction to render a qualified domestic relations order or similar order under this subchapter until all support due under the child support order, including arrearages and interest, has been paid.