{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.0051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 158.0051","heading":"ORDER FOR WITHHOLDING FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.","body":"(a) In addition to an order for income to be withheld for child support, including child support and child support arrearages, the court may render an order that income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor to be applied towards the satisfaction of any ordered reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses resulting from an action to enforce child support under this title.\n(b) An order rendered under this section is subordinate to an order or writ of withholding for child support under this chapter and is subject to the maximum amount allowed to be withheld under Section 158.009.\n(c) The court shall order that amounts withheld for fees, costs, and expenses under this section be remitted directly to the person entitled to the ordered attorney's fees, costs, or expenses or be paid through a local registry for disbursement to that person.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2025.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2025.","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 158. WITHHOLDING FROM EARNINGS FOR CHILD SUPPORT","SUBCHAPTER A. INCOME WITHHOLDING REQUIRED; GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.158.htm#158.0051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"f88bdb1817c446f8a2379a5a4d6ca9e9e141aa20acf55efc0d9efe48ef7ab737","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}