Tex. Fam. Code § 157.106 · Subchapter C. FAILURE TO APPEAR; BOND OR SECURITY
CASH BOND AS SUPPORT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the respondent has posted a cash bond and is found to be in arrears in the payment of court-ordered child support, the court shall order that the proceeds of the cash bond be paid to the child support obligee or to a person designated by the court, not to exceed the amount of child support arrearages determined to exist.
(b) This section applies without regard to whether the respondent appears at the hearing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
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.157.htm
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