Tex. Fam. Code § 204.002 · Chapter 204. CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION BY PRIVATE ENTITY
AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A county, acting through its commissioners court or domestic relations office, may contract with a private entity to:
(1) enforce, collect, receive, and disburse:
(A) child support payments;
(B) other amounts due under a court order containing an order to pay child support; and
(C) fees, including fees provided by this chapter;
(2) maintain appropriate records, including records of child support and other amounts and fees that are due, past due, paid, or delinquent;
(3) locate absent parents;
(4) furnish statements to parents accounting for payments that are due, past due, paid, or delinquent;
(5) send billings and other appropriate notices to parents;
(6) perform any duty or function that a local registry is authorized to perform;
(7) perform any duty or function in connection with the state case registry; or
(8) provide another child support or visitation enforcement service authorized by the commissioners court, including mediation of disputes related to child support or visitation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1053, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Redesignated from Human Resources Code Sec. 153.002 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.204.htm
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