Tex. Fam. Code § 154.193 · Subchapter D. MEDICAL SUPPORT AND DENTAL SUPPORT FOR CHILD
MEDICAL SUPPORT ORDER OR DENTAL SUPPORT ORDER NOT QUALIFIED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a plan administrator or other person acting in an equivalent position determines that a medical support order or dental support order issued under this subchapter does not qualify for enforcement under federal law, the tribunal may, on its own motion or the motion of a party, render an order that qualifies for enforcement under federal law.
(b) The procedure for filing a motion for enforcement of a final order applies to a motion under this section. Service of citation is not required, and a person is not entitled to a jury in a proceeding under this section.
(c) The employer or plan administrator is not a necessary party to a proceeding under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2018.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2018.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.154.htm
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