Tex. Fam. Code § 159.501 · Subchapter F. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION
EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support enforcement agency to the person defined as the obligor's employer under Chapter 158 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., R.S. Ch. 20 (H.B. 655), Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.159.htm
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