Tex. Fam. Code § 158.502 · Subchapter F. ADMINISTRATIVE WRIT OF WITHHOLDING
WHEN ADMINISTRATIVE WRIT OF WITHHOLDING MAY BE ISSUED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An administrative writ of withholding under this subchapter may be issued by the Title IV-D agency at any time until all current support, including medical support and dental support, child support arrearages, and Title IV-D service fees authorized under Section 231.103 for which the obligor is responsible have been paid. The writ issued under this subsection may be based on an obligation in more than one support order.
(b) The Title IV-D agency may issue an administrative writ of withholding that directs that an amount be withheld for an arrearage or adjusts the amount to be withheld for an arrearage. An administrative writ issued under this subsection may be contested as provided by Section 158.506.
(c) The Title IV-D agency may issue an administrative writ of withholding as a reissuance of an existing withholding order on file with the court of continuing jurisdiction or a tribunal of another state. The administrative writ under this subsection is not subject to the contest provisions of Sections 158.505(a)(2) and 158.506.
(d) The Title IV-D agency may issue an administrative writ of withholding to direct child support payments to the state disbursement unit of another state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 67, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 36, eff. September 1, 2018.
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 158.505NOTICE TO OBLIGOR.Printed as Sections 158.505(a)(2) and 158.506
- Tex. Fam. Code § 158.506CONTEST BY OBLIGOR TO ADMINISTRATIVE WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.Printed as Section 158.506 | Sections 158.505(a)(2) and 158.506
- Tex. Fam. Code § 231.103APPLICATION AND SERVICE FEES.Printed as Section 231.103
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