Tex. Fam. Code § 157.009 · Subchapter A. PLEADINGS AND DEFENSES
CREDIT FOR PAYMENT OF DISABILITY BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In addition to any other credit or offset available to an obligor under this title, if a child for whom the obligor owes child support receives a lump-sum payment as a result of the obligor's disability and that payment is made to the obligee as the representative payee of the child, the obligor is entitled to a credit. The credit under this section is equal to the amount of the lump-sum payment and shall be applied only to any child support arrearage and interest owed by the obligor on behalf of that child at the time the payment is made. The credit under this section may not be used to reduce the amount of a periodic child support obligation ordered under Chapter 154 that has not yet accrued.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 538 (S.B. 1514), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (S.B. 865), Sec. 14, eff. June 19, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (S.B. 869), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2023.
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