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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 158.004: WITHHOLDING FOR ARREARAGES WHEN NO CURRENT SUPPORT IS DUE.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 158. WITHHOLDING FROM EARNINGS FOR CHILD SUPPORT
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. INCOME WITHHOLDING REQUIRED; GENERAL PROVISIONS

If current support is no longer owed, the court or the Title IV-D agency shall order that income be withheld for arrearages, including accrued interest as provided in Chapter 157, in an amount sufficient to discharge those arrearages in not more than two years.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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