Tex. Fam. Code § 158.310 · Subchapter D. JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING ISSUED BY CLERK
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A defect in a notice of application for judicial writ of withholding is waived unless the respondent specially excepts in writing and cites with particularity the alleged defect, obscurity, or other ambiguity in the notice.
(b) A special exception under this section must be heard by the court before hearing the motion to stay issuance.
(c) If the court sustains an exception, the court shall provide the party filing the notice an opportunity to refile and the court shall continue the hearing to a date certain without the requirement of additional service.
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. 911, Sec. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.158.htm
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