{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.261","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 157.261","heading":"UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT AS JUDGMENT.","body":"(a) A child support payment not timely made constitutes a final judgment for the amount due and owing, including interest as provided in this chapter.\n(b) For the purposes of this subchapter, interest begins to accrue on the date the judge signs the order for the judgment unless the order contains a statement that the order is rendered on another specific date.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 702, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 157. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER F. JUDGMENT AND INTEREST"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm#157.261","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"90f9e84a8e96d2755b1bf29dad812edbdd5fceabafc32c46ee6969f4ddaeda17","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.217","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.263"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}