Tex. Fam. Code § 8.106 · Subchapter C. INCOME WITHHOLDING
MAXIMUM AMOUNT WITHHELD FROM EARNINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An order or writ of withholding must direct that an obligor's employer withhold from the obligor's disposable earnings the lesser of:
(1) the amount specified in the order or writ; or
(2) an amount that, when added to the amount of income being withheld by the employer for child support, is equal to 50 percent of the obligor's disposable earnings.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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.8.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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