{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 158.007","heading":"EXTENSION OF REPAYMENT SCHEDULE BY COURT OR TITLE IV-D AGENCY; UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP.","body":"If the court or the Title IV-D agency finds that the schedule for discharging arrearages would cause the obligor, the obligor's family, or children for whom support is due from the obligor to suffer unreasonable hardship, the court or agency may extend the payment period for a reasonable length of time.\nAdded 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.","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#158.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"8ce403148e396745285f5a54989f17047c64f3807495205f1d76fa86a2f9a885","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-158.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}