Tex. Fam. Code § 8.253 · Subchapter F. WRIT OF WITHHOLDING ISSUED BY CLERK
INTERSTATE REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The registration of a foreign order that provides for spousal maintenance or alimony as provided in Chapter 159 is sufficient for filing a notice of application for a writ of withholding.
(b) The notice must be filed with the clerk of the court having venue as provided in Chapter 159.
(c) The notice of application for a writ of withholding may be delivered to the obligor at the same time that an order is filed for registration under Chapter 159.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.8.htm
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