Tex. Fam. Code § 157.322 · Subchapter G. CHILD SUPPORT LIEN
MANDATORY RELEASE OF LIEN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On payment in full of the amount of child support due, together with any reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses, the child support lien claimant shall execute and deliver to the obligor or the obligor's attorney a release of the child support lien.
(b) The release of the child support lien is effective when:
(1) filed with the county clerk with whom the lien notice or abstract of judgment was filed; or
(2) delivered to any other individual or organization that may have been served with a lien notice under this subchapter.
(c) A release of child support lien filed by the Title IV-D agency under this section does not require verification.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 29, 97(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 152 (S.B. 870), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2025.
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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