Tex. Fam. Code § 157.330 · Subchapter G. CHILD SUPPORT LIEN
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE OF LEVY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who possesses or has a right to property that is the subject of a notice of levy delivered to the person and who refuses to surrender the property or right to property to the claimant on demand is liable to the claimant in an amount equal to the value of the property or right to property not surrendered but that does not exceed the amount of the child support arrearages for which the notice of levy has been filed.
(b) A claimant may recover reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses incurred in an action under this section. The court may order the fees, costs, expenses, and any postjudgment interest to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 36, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm
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