Tex. Fam. Code § 158.213 · Subchapter C. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF EMPLOYER
WITHHOLDING FROM WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An insurance carrier that receives an order or writ of withholding under Section 158.206 for workers' compensation benefits payable to an obligor shall withhold an amount not to exceed the maximum amount allowed to be withheld from income under Section 158.009 regardless of whether the benefits payable to the obligor for lost income are paid as lump sum amounts or as periodic payments.
(b) An insurance carrier subject to this section shall send the amount withheld for child support to the place of payment designated in the order or writ of withholding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 610, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.158.htm
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