Texas Family Code 155.005 – Jurisdiction Pending Transfer
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(a) During the transfer of a suit from a court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the transferring court retains jurisdiction to render temporary orders.
(b) The jurisdiction of the transferring court terminates on the docketing of the case in the transferee court.
Terms Used In Texas Family Code 155.005
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.