PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 61.001. Purpose of chapter.

SECTION 61.011. Dissolution in chancery.

SECTION 61.021. Residence requirements.

SECTION 61.031. Dissolution of marriage to be a vinculo.

SECTION 61.0401. Application of the law of a foreign country in courts relating to matters arising out of or relating to this chapter and chapter 88.

SECTION 61.043. Commencement of a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for alimony and child support; dissolution questionnaire.

SECTION 61.044. Certain existing defenses abolished.

SECTION 61.046. Definitions.

SECTION 61.052. Dissolution of marriage.

SECTION 61.061. Proceedings against nonresidents.

SECTION 61.071. Alimony pendente lite; suit money.

SECTION 61.075. Equitable distribution of marital assets and liabilities.

SECTION 61.076. Distribution of retirement plans upon dissolution of marriage.

SECTION 61.077. Determination of entitlement to setoffs or credits upon sale of marital home.

SECTION 61.079. Premarital agreements.

SECTION 61.08. Alimony.

SECTION 61.09. Alimony and child support unconnected with dissolution.

SECTION 61.10. Adjudication of obligation to support spouse or minor child unconnected with dissolution; parenting plan.

SECTION 61.11. Writs.

SECTION 61.12. Attachment or garnishment of amounts due for alimony or child support.

SECTION 61.122. Parenting plan recommendation; presumption of psychologist’s good faith; prerequisite to parent’s filing suit; award of fees, costs, reimbursement.

SECTION 61.125. Parenting coordination.

SECTION 61.13. Support of children; parenting and time-sharing; powers of court.

SECTION 61.13001. Parental relocation with a child.

SECTION 61.13003. Court-ordered electronic communication between a parent and a child.

SECTION 61.1301. Income deduction orders.

SECTION 61.13015. Petition for suspension or denial of professional licenses and certificates.

SECTION 61.13016. Suspension of driver licenses and motor vehicle registrations.

SECTION 61.1354. Sharing of information between consumer reporting agencies and the IV-D agency.

SECTION 61.14. Enforcement and modification of support, maintenance, or alimony agreements or orders.

SECTION 61.16. Attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs.

SECTION 61.17. Alimony and child support; additional method for enforcing orders and judgments; costs, expenses.

SECTION 61.18. Alimony and child support; default in undertaking of bond posted to ensure payment.

SECTION 61.181. Depository for alimony transactions, support, maintenance, and support payments; fees.

SECTION 61.1811. Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund.

SECTION 61.1812. Child Support Incentive Trust Fund.

SECTION 61.1814. Child Support Enforcement Application and Program Revenue Trust Fund.

SECTION 61.1816. Child Support Clearing Trust Fund.

SECTION 61.1824. State Disbursement Unit.

SECTION 61.1825. State Case Registry.

SECTION 61.1826. Procurement of services for State Disbursement Unit and the non-Title IV-D component of the State Case Registry; contracts and cooperative agreements; penalties; withholding payment.

SECTION 61.1827. Identifying information concerning applicants for and recipients of child support services.

SECTION 61.183. Mediation of certain contested issues.

SECTION 61.19. Entry of judgment of dissolution of marriage, delay period.

SECTION 61.191. Application.

SECTION 61.20. Social investigation and recommendations regarding a parenting plan.

SECTION 61.21. Parenting course authorized; fees; required attendance authorized; contempt.

SECTION 61.29. Child support guidelines; principles.

SECTION 61.30. Child support guidelines; retroactive child support.

SECTION 61.401. Appointment of guardian ad litem.

SECTION 61.402. Qualifications of guardians ad litem.

SECTION 61.403. Guardians ad litem; powers and authority.

SECTION 61.404. Guardians ad litem; confidentiality.

SECTION 61.405. Guardians ad litem; immunity.

SECTION 61.45. Court-ordered parenting plan; risk of violation; bond.

PART II. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT

SECTION 61.501. Short title.

SECTION 61.502. Purposes of part; construction of provisions.

SECTION 61.503. Definitions.

SECTION 61.504. Proceedings governed by other law.

SECTION 61.505. Application to Indian tribes.

SECTION 61.506. International application of part.

SECTION 61.507. Effect of child custody determination.

SECTION 61.508. Priority.

SECTION 61.509. Notice to persons outside the state.

SECTION 61.510. Appearance and limited immunity.

SECTION 61.511. Communication between courts.

SECTION 61.512. Taking testimony in another state.

SECTION 61.513. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records.

SECTION 61.514. Initial child custody jurisdiction.

SECTION 61.515. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.

SECTION 61.516. Jurisdiction to modify a determination.

SECTION 61.517. Temporary emergency jurisdiction.

SECTION 61.518. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder.

SECTION 61.519. Simultaneous proceedings.

SECTION 61.520. Inconvenient forum.

SECTION 61.521. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.

SECTION 61.522. Information to be submitted to the court.

SECTION 61.523. Appearance of parties and child.

SECTION 61.524. Definitions.

SECTION 61.525. Enforcement under the Hague Convention.

SECTION 61.526. Duty to enforce.

SECTION 61.527. Temporary visitation.

SECTION 61.528. Registration of child custody determination.

SECTION 61.529. Enforcement of registered determination.

SECTION 61.530. Simultaneous proceedings.

SECTION 61.531. Expedited enforcement of child custody determination.

SECTION 61.532. Service of petition and order.

SECTION 61.533. Hearing and order.

SECTION 61.534. Warrant to take physical custody of child.

SECTION 61.535. Costs, fees, and expenses.

SECTION 61.536. Recognition and enforcement.

SECTION 61.537. Appeals.

SECTION 61.538. Role of state attorney.

SECTION 61.539. Role of law enforcement officers.

SECTION 61.540. Costs and expenses.

SECTION 61.541. Application and construction.

SECTION 61.542. Transitional provision.

PART III. COLLABORATIVE LAW PROCESS ACT

SECTION 61.55. Purpose.

SECTION 61.56. Definitions.

SECTION 61.57. Beginning, concluding, and terminating a collaborative law process.

SECTION 61.58. Confidentiality of a collaborative law communication.

PART IV. UNIFORM DEPLOYED PARENTS CUSTODY AND VISITATION ACT

SECTION 61.703. Definitions.

SECTION 61.705. Remedies for noncompliance.

SECTION 61.707. Jurisdiction.

SECTION 61.709. Notice requirement for deploying parent.

SECTION 61.711. Duty to notify of change of address.

SECTION 61.713. General consideration in custody proceeding of parent’s service.

SECTION 61.721. Form of temporary custodial responsibility agreement.

SECTION 61.723. Nature of authority created by temporary custodial responsibility agreement.

SECTION 61.725. Modification of agreement.

SECTION 61.727. Power of attorney.

SECTION 61.729. Filing custodial responsibility agreement or power of attorney with court.

SECTION 61.733. Proceeding for temporary custody order.

SECTION 61.735. Testimony by electronic means.

SECTION 61.737. Effect of prior judicial order or agreement.

SECTION 61.739. Grant of temporary caretaking authority to nonparent.

SECTION 61.741. Grant of limited contact.

SECTION 61.743. Nature of authority created by temporary custody order.

SECTION 61.745. Content of temporary custody order.

SECTION 61.747. Order for child support.

SECTION 61.749. Modifying or terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility or limited contact to nonparent.

SECTION 61.761. Procedure for terminating temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility.

SECTION 61.763. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility.

SECTION 61.771. Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

SECTION 61.773. Applicability.