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Tex. Fam. Code § 9.101

Tex. Fam. Code § 9.101 - Jurisdiction For Qualified Domestic Relations Order (2026)

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**Tex. Fam. Code § 9.101. JURISDICTION FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.** (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court that rendered a final decree of divorce or annulment or another final order dividing property under this title retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to render an enforceable qualified domestic relations order or similar order permitting payment of pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefits divisible under the law of this state or of the United States to an alternate payee or other lawful payee. (b) Unless prohibited by federal law, a suit seeking a qualified domestic relations order or similar order under this section applies to a previously divided pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefit divisible under the law of this state or of the United States, whether the plan or benefit is private, state, or federal. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.

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