Tex. Fam. Code § 232.005 · Chapter 232. SUSPENSION OF LICENSE
CONTENTS OF PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A petition under this chapter must state that license suspension is required under Section 232.003 and allege:
(1) the name and, if known, social security number of the individual;
(2) the name of the licensing authority that issued a license the individual is believed to hold; and
(3) the amount of arrearages owed under the child support order or the facts associated with the individual's failure to comply with:
(A) a subpoena; or
(B) the terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child.
(b) A petition under this chapter may include as an attachment a copy of:
(1) the record of child support payments maintained by the Title IV-D registry or local registry;
(2) the subpoena with which the individual has failed to comply, together with proof of service of the subpoena; or
(3) with respect to a petition for suspension under Section 232.003(c):
(A) the enforcement order rendered under Chapter 157 describing the manner in which the individual was found to have not complied with the terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child; and
(B) the court order containing the provisions that the individual was found to have violated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 85, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 85, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 724, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 60, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (S.B. 865), Sec. 29, eff. June 19, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.232.htm
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